Costco to ditch AmEx cards at U.S. stores next year

Please change the link to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/american-express-costco-wholesale-idUSL4N0VM5T120150212" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;12&#x2F;american-express-c...</a>, which is direct from the source and doesn&#x27;t have auto-playing video.

&quot;Costco warehouses in the United States currently accept only American Express cards.&quot;<p>This is incorrect. Costco warehouses only accept American Express <i>credit</i> cards. Visa and MasterCard <i>debit</i> cards are fine.

Costco Canada already dumped the Amex while a go ...and people are happy about it as Amex is not that popular or preferred card in Canada and it was a pain to signup for Amex just for costco purchase ....<p><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/1571433/costco-canada-dumping-american-express-for-mastercard/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;globalnews.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;1571433&#x2F;costco-canada-dumping-amer...</a>

It&#x27;s a great mystery why AmEx doesn&#x27;t seem to want to get more retailers using their card. Although their cardholder services are great, the card is accepted in so few places that I rarely try to use mine.