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:''For the economic feature, see bank rate''. Bankrate, Inc. is a consumer financial services company based in North Palm Beach, Florida, in the United States. Bankrate.com, perhaps its best known brand, is a personal finance website. Other operations include NetQuote. ==History== Bankrate was founded in 1976 as a print publisher of the "Bank Rate Monitor."〔 In 1996, the company began moving its business online.〔 Today, Bankrate, Inc.'s online network includes Bankrate.com as well as CreditCards.com, Interest.com, Bankaholic.com, Mortgage-calc.com, CreditCardGuide.com, Nationwide Card Services, InsuranceQuotes.com, CarInsuranceQuotes.com, AutoInsuranceQuotes.com, InsureMe, Bankrate.com.cn, CreditCards.ca, NetQuote.com, CD.com, and Walla.by. The online network received over 150 million visits in 2010.〔 In January 2011, Bankrate completed the acquisition of Trouve Media. In December 2011, Bankrate completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of InsWeb Corporation for $65 million in cash.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61502&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1642127&highlight= )〕 And in March 2012, Bankrate acquired InsuranceAgents.com.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/03/29/bankrate-buys-columbus-leads-generator.html )〕 After spending 10 years as a public company traded on the NASDAQ, Bankrate was acquired in 2009 by Apax Partners in a transaction valued at approximately $571 million. In June 2011, Bankrate raised a total of $300 million in gross proceeds with a successful Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange. In December 2011, Bankrate priced a secondary offering of 12.5 million shares at $17.50 per share. Kenneth S. Esterow was appointed Bankrate's President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2014, having previously served as Senior Vice President – Chief Operating Officer from September 2013 to December 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518222/000119312514168844/d712782ddef14a.htm&highlight= )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bankrate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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