Call center hangs it up.

• Position: Triad

New York-based financial-services company American Express Co. will close its call center in Greensboro by year-end, moving about 1,500 jobs from the Triad. About 400 other employees will be offered the chance to work at home. The company, responding to declining call volume as customers do more business online, is consolidating operations elsewhere. The Greensboro center opened in 1986.

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