Major credit card company American Express (NYSE:AXP) has filed trademark applications for some of its logos and designs, hinting at expanding into the metaverse.
According to applications submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday, American Express may be readying to provide “virtual concierge services” related to credit card transactions “in the metaverse and other virtual worlds.” The applications included trademarks on the use of some of its logos and branding with virtual payment cards, conducting banking services in the metaverse and using its cards at a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace.