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Debt
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt
DEBT
SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
Our short-term borrowings outstanding, defined as borrowings with original contractual maturity dates of less than one year, as of December 31 were as follows:
20202019
(Millions, except percentages)Outstanding Balance
Year-End Stated
Interest Rate on
Debt(a)
Outstanding Balance
Year-End Stated
Interest Rate on
Debt(a)
Commercial paper(b)
$— — %$3,001 1.94 %
Other short-term borrowings(c)
1,878 0.61 3,441 1.28 
Total$1,878 0.61 %$6,442 1.59 %
(a)For floating-rate issuances, the stated interest rates are weighted based on the outstanding principal balances and interest rates in effect as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
(b)Average commercial paper outstanding was $628 million and $299 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(c)Includes borrowings from banks and book overdrafts with banks due to timing differences arising in the ordinary course of business.

We maintained a 3-year committed, revolving, secured borrowing facility that gives us the right to sell up to $2.0 billion face amount of eligible certificates issued from the Lending Trust at any time through September 15, 2022. The facility was undrawn as of both December 31, 2020 and 2019. Additionally, certain of our subsidiaries maintained total committed lines of credit of $148 million and $214 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, nil and $58 million were drawn on these committed lines, respectively.
We paid $7.7 million in fees to maintain the secured borrowing facility in both 2020 and 2019. The committed facility does not contain a material adverse change clause, which might otherwise preclude borrowing under the facility, nor is it dependent on our credit rating.
LONG-TERM DEBT
Our long-term debt outstanding, defined as debt with original contractual maturity dates of one year or greater, as of December 31 was as follows:
20202019
(Millions, except percentages)Original
Contractual
Maturity
Dates
Outstanding
Balance(a)
Year-End
Interest Rate
on Debt(b)
Year-End
Interest Rate with
Swaps(b)(c)
Outstanding
Balance(a)
Year-End
Interest Rate
on Debt(b)
Year-End
Interest Rate
with
Swaps(b)(c)
American Express Company
(Parent Company only)
Fixed Rate Senior Notes2021 - 2042$18,251 3.25 %2.09 %$19,326 3.17 %2.86 %
Floating Rate Senior Notes2021 - 20234,000 0.84 — 4,500 2.49 — 
Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes2024599 3.63 1.43 598 3.63 2.99 
American Express Credit Corporation
Fixed Rate Senior Notes2021 - 20276,746 2.38 1.67 11,839 2.40 2.53 
Floating Rate Senior Notes2022300 0.93 — 1,650 2.64 — 
Lending Trust
Fixed Rate Senior Notes2021 - 20238,325 2.74 2.55 15,074 2.42 2.43 
Floating Rate Senior Notes2021 - 20234,125 0.51 — 4,125 2.09 — 
Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes2021 - 2022246 2.80 — 420 2.53 — 
Floating Rate Subordinated Notes2022 - 202379 0.73 — 79 2.31 — 
Other
Finance Leases2024 - 203317 5.54 — 25 5.65 — 
Floating Rate Borrowings2021 - 2023328 0.42 — %311 0.40 — %
Unamortized Underwriting Fees(64)(112)
Total Long-Term Debt$42,952 2.49 %$57,835 2.66 %
(a)The outstanding balances include (i) unamortized discount, (ii) the impact of movements in exchange rates on foreign currency denominated debt and (iii) the impact of fair value hedge accounting on certain fixed-rate notes that have been swapped to floating rate through the use of interest rate swaps. Refer to Note 13 for more details on our treatment of fair value hedges.
(b)For floating-rate issuances, the stated interest rate on debt is weighted based on the outstanding principal balances and interest rates in effect as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
(c)Interest rates with swaps are only presented when swaps are in place to hedge the underlying debt. The interest rates with swaps are weighted based on the outstanding principal balances and the interest rates on the floating leg of the swaps in effect as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Aggregate annual maturities on long-term debt obligations (based on contractual maturity or anticipated redemption dates) as of December 31, 2020 were as follows:
(Millions)20212022202320242025ThereafterTotal
American Express Company (Parent Company only)$5,000 $5,675 $4,350 $5,000 $750 $2,122 $22,897 
American Express Credit Corporation2,975 2,050 — — — 2,000 7,025 
Lending Trust3,709 6,381 2,685 — — — 12,775 
Other145 86 97 7 — 10 345 
$11,829 $14,192 $7,132 $5,007 $750 $4,132 $43,042 
Unamortized Underwriting Fees(64)
Unamortized Discount and Premium(648)
Impacts due to Fair Value Hedge Accounting622 
Total Long-Term Debt$42,952 

We maintained a committed syndicated bank credit facility of $3.5 billion as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, all of which was undrawn as of the respective dates. The availability of the credit line is subject to compliance with certain covenants by American Express Credit Corporation (Credco), principally the maintenance by Credco of a 1.25 ratio of its combined earnings, certain capital contributions and fixed charges, to fixed charges. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Credco was not in violation of any of these covenants.
Additionally, we maintained a three-year committed, revolving, secured borrowing facility that gives us the right to sell up to $3.0 billion face amount of eligible notes issued from the Charge Trust at any time through July 15, 2022. No amounts were drawn on this facility as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
We paid $14.2 million and $16.5 million in fees to maintain these lines in 2020 and 2019, respectively. These committed facilities do not contain material adverse change clauses, which might otherwise preclude borrowing under the credit facilities, nor are they dependent on our credit rating.
We paid total interest, primarily related to short- and long-term debt, corresponding interest rate swaps and customer deposits, of $2.0 billion, $3.4 billion and $2.7 billion in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.