Английская Википедия:Feefighters
FeeFighters is a payment processing platform and comparison shopping website for credit card processors. The site was launched in 2009[1] and was acquired by Groupon in 2012.[2] FeeFighters has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur (magazine), Inc. (magazine) and TechCrunch, with BusinessWeek profiling it as "One of America's Most Promising Startups."[3][4][5][6]
History
FeeFighters started out as a comparison shopping site for credit card processors and eventually launched its own payment processing platform,[7] Samurai, to facilitate payment integration for software developers, achieve PCI compliance and reduce credit card processing fees.[8]
FeeFighters raised $1.6 million in funding from investors including 500 Startups, Hyde Park Angels, OCA Ventures and Sandbox Industries.[9]
Controversy
In 2011, FeeFighters wrote a negative blog article claiming that a company bumped its rating from an "F" to an "A" by paying the Better Business Bureau.[10] The controversy was covered by The Today Show.[11] As a result, the BBB pulled the company's accreditation.[12] The BBB later admitted the pay-for-ratings incident.[13]
Acquisition
In 2012, FeeFighters was acquired by Groupon. The company became part of Groupon's Merchant Operating System strategy which was designed to provide payment processing and online scheduling.[14]
References
External links
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- ↑ Mandelbaum, Robb. In Battling Merchants, Banks Still Hope to Overturn Durbin Rules. "New York Times". October 18, 2011
- ↑ Greenstein, Howard. Fight Credit Card Processing Fees. Inc.. May 25, 2011.
- ↑ Tozzi, John. America's Most Promising Startups. BusinessWeek. Feb. 4, 2011
- ↑ Parrish, Leni. Credit Card Comparison Service FeeFighters Bought By Groupon. CreditCardFlyers. March. 27, 2012
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- ↑ Chapman, Glenn. How to Cut Transaction Costs on Customer Purchases. Entrepreneur. May 20, 2011.
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- Английская Википедия
- Internet properties established in 2009
- Online financial services companies of the United States
- Companies based in Chicago
- Credit cards in the United States
- Comparison shopping websites
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
