American Express faces FBI probe into foreign-exchange pricing

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is scrutinizing the foreign-exchange pricing patterns of American Express, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

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The early-stage investigation concerns whether the department that runs American Express’ foreign-exchange international payments misrepresented pricing to clients to get their business, according to the sources.  

In August, WSJ reported the department enticed business clients with low currency-conversion rate offers, and later hiked the rates without warning.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is also probing the matter, according to WSJ.

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