CLAIM #8656 · American Express Company (AXP) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 23, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“At the same time, we expect a negligible impact to pretax income.”
Christophe Le Caillec · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Impact of small business co-brand held-for-sale portfolio exit on consolidated pretax income, fiscal year 2026
It came true if: Disclosed or calculable impact to pretax income from the portfolio exit is negligible (within roughly 1% of full-year pretax income)
Where: Company earnings commentary and segment disclosures (10-K / Q4 2026 earnings call and slides)
In context
“ivables into a single line called card balances, reflecting the evolution of our products through lending features like pay over time. This is consistent with how we've been presenting balances in our earnings slide for the past few years. Total balances increased 7% year-over-year FX adjusted, largely in line with spend growth. As a reminder, there is about a 1 percentage point impact on balanced growth from the small business co-brand held-for-sale portfolios again this quarter, as we previously disclosed. As we exit this portfolio over the course of this year, we will see impact of certain metrics at the consolidated level and within the Commercial Services segment. Most notably, we expect a low single-digit impact to spend growth in SME starting in Q2 until we lap the portfolio exits. At the same time, we expect a negligible impact to pretax income. These impacts were incorporated in the guidance we provided for the year. Turning to credit on Slide 14. Credit performance remains very strong and stable. Delinquency rates were flat to last quarter while write-off rates were slightly down. These results are consistent with our expectations for generally stable credit metrics throughout 2026. Overall provision expense of $1.3 billion included a reserve release of $24 million. The reserve release this quarter was mostly driven by lower ND card balances versus Q4. Our reserves also reflect uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment. Turning to revenue on Slide 16. Revenue was strong this quarter, up 11%. We saw momentum across revenue lines with net card fees, NII and service fees and other revenue, all growing at double-digit rates agai”
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SEC filings for AXP ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.