Xoom Corporation

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Xoom Corporation
Company type Money transfer
Industry Banking
Founded2001 (2001)
Headquarters San Francisco, California,
U.S.
Services electronic funds transfer
remittance provider
Parent PayPal, Inc.
Website xoom.com

Xoom Corporation (also known as Xoom, a PayPal Service) is an electronic funds transfer and remittance provider.

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History

Xoom Corporation was founded in 2001 and has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. [1]

In June 2010, Xoom was cited in a study by the Inter-American Dialogue of 79 remittance service providers, as having amongst the highest consumer satisfaction ratings. [2]

In March 2011, and in September 2012, Xoom was listed in The Wall Street Journal 's annual "Next Big Thing List" list of the 50 most promising venture-backed companies. [3] [4]

In October 2012, in a follow-up survey by the Inter-American Dialogue of 51 remittance service providers for the US to Latin America market, ranked Xoom top for fees charged and countries served. [5]

Funding and ownership

On September 28, 2007, Xoom closed a first E-series round of financing for $20 million. Peter Thiel was an early investor in Xoom Corporation. [6] Xoom went public on February 15, 2013. [7] In November 2015, PayPal acquired Xoom for $25 a share, to a total of about $1.09 billion. [8] [9]

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References

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  2. Orozco, Manuel (10 June 2010). "A Scorecard in the Market for Money Transfers: Trends in Competition in Latin America and the Caribbean". Inter-American Dialogue. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  3. Debaise, Colleen (10 March 2011). "The Top 50 Venture-Backed Companies". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved March 10, 2011.
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  6. Marshal, Matt (28 September 2007). "Xoom, money transfer site, raises $20M more". VentureBeat . Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  7. Eric Savitz (February 15, 2013). "Xoom IPO Prices At $16, Above Projected Range, Then Spikes". Forbes.
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