American Express and JetBlue ending card partnership: Bloomberg

13/02/2015 - 23:51

(Reuters) - American Express Co , which said on Thursday that its credit card partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp would end next year, is also ending its co-branded card deal with JetBlue Airways Corp , according to a published report.

Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter, said on Friday that JetBlue has reached a new deal with Barclays Plc and Mastercard Inc .(http://bloom.bg/1Axky6k)

Representatives of American Express, Jet Blue and Barclays declined to comment on the report. A Mastercard spokesman was not immediately available.

American Express shares fell more than 9 percent on Thursday and Friday following its disclosure of the lost Costco business.

(Reporting by David Henry in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler)