ShareBuilder Sale Expected

BELLEVUE, Wash. – ShareBuilder, an online brokerage firm popular with credit unions, is negotiating the sale of the company to Dutch banking giant ING, according to several sources.

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The company’s core product, the ability to purchase partial shares via biweekly or monthly automatic payments, has been marketed by a number of credit unions, including BECU.

The company was founded in 2001 with investments by Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Safeco and Madrona Venture Group.


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