BankRate was founded in 1976 in New York, New York. The company originally began as a newsletter type print out, called The Bank Rate Monitor. The company operates a software program that tracks financial information.
Today, BankRate is one of the best known names for financial information. The company’s network also includes CreditCards.Com, Interest.Com, CreditCardGuide.Com, and ThePointsGuy.Com, to name a few. BankRate was previously listed on the NASDAQ, but was purchased by Apax Partners in 2009, who took the company private. BankRate is public once again, however, this time on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: RATE.
The company had annual revenue in 2012 of $457.2 million and approximately 385 employees. BankRate is still headquartered in New York, New York. Forbes has listed BankRate as the “Best of the Web” 5 times between 1999 and 2004.
BankRateBankRate was founded in 1976 in New York, New York. The company originally began as a newsletter type print out, called The Bank Rate Monitor. The company operates a software program that tracks financial information.
Today, BankRate is one of the best known names for financial information. The company’s network also includes CreditCards.Com, Interest.Com, CreditCardGuide.Com, and ThePointsGuy.Com, to name a few. BankRate was previously listed on the NASDAQ, but was purchased by Apax Partners in 2009, who took the company private. BankRate is public once again, however, this time on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: RATE.
The company had annual revenue in 2012 of $457.2 million and approximately 385 employees. BankRate is still headquartered in New York, New York. Forbes has listed BankRate as the “Best of the Web” 5 times between 1999 and 2004.