Digital River's previous logo.

Digital River, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota[5] that provides global e-commerce, payments and marketing services. In 2013, Digital River reported having processed more than US$30 billion in online transactions.[2]

History

Joel Ronning founded Digital River in February 1994.[6][7] The company began trading as DRIV on the Nasdaq stock exchange on August 11, 1998.[7]

Joel Ronning stepped down as CEO in November 2012 after the company reported multiple quarters of losses.[6][8][3] In February 2013, Dave Dobson was named CEO.[9]

In late 2014, Siris Capital acquired the company for $840 million.[10] The acquisition was completed in 2015, with Digital River being delisted from Nasdaq after February 13.[11]

In July 2018, Adam Coyle was named CEO, with Dobson becoming Vice Chairman of the Board. Coyle had previously been on the board since 2015, and worked as an executive partner with Digital River's private equity owner, Siris Capital.[12]

In January 2020, Christopher Bernander was named CFO.[13]

Barry Kasoff was named CEO in the summer of 2024.[3] Kasoff is also president of a consulting firm specializing in corporate turnaround management.[4]

Acquisitions and divestitures

In 1999, Digital River acquired Simtel from California-based company Walnut Creek CDROM Inc.[14]

The company acquired Orbit Commerce and RegSoft.com in 2001.[15]

CCNow and Freemerchant.com were acquired in 2002.[16][17]

Digital River acquired SWReg in 2005 for a reported $8.8 million.[18]

Other acquisitions include:

Downturn and insolvency

In late 2024, merchants using Digital River's MyCommerce platform reported that they had not been paid money owed by Digital River since that July. Digital River disputed their claims of debts being owed.[4]

On January 28, 2025, Digital River began the process of shutting down, citing insolvency due to multiple factors.[3] They stated that all employees at their Minnesota offices would be laid off effective March 28, 2025 and that their German subsidiaries were also being shuttered.[3]

Security breaches

A security breach in 2010 resulted in nearly 200,000 customers' data being stolen.[25] Digital River sued a man who tried to sell the data.[26]

In October 2017, after Digital River had decommissioned the FireClick platform and released the domain in 2016,[27] the websites for Equifax and for TransUnion's Central American division were reported to have been redirecting visitors to websites that attempted drive-by downloads of malware disguised as Adobe Flash updates.[28][29] The attack had been performed by hijacking third-party analytics JavaScript from FireClick.[30][28]

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Digital River. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Digital River Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Financial Results". Digital River. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Nelson, Emma (January 28, 2025). "Minnetonka e-commerce company Digital River closing, laying off 122". The Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Claburn, Thomas (15 October 2024). "Digital River delays sales payments to vendors since July". The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Digital River Announces Completion of Acquisition by Investor Group Led by Siris Capital Group - Digital River" (Press release). Digital River. 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Joel Ronning, Digital River CEO & Founder". How They Did It. 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  7. ^ a b DIGITAL RIVER, INC. Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT (Report). Washington, DC: United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 27 March 2001. 0001104659-01-500091. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Digital River CEO Ronning is out after loss". Star Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Digital River Names David C. Dobson as Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com (Press release). 28 February 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Digital River Acquired For $840 Million". Twin Cities Business. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  11. ^ DIGITAL RIVER INC /DE Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT (Report). Washington, DC: United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 12 February 2015. 0001104659-15-009612. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  12. ^ GmbH, finanzen.net. "Digital River Appoints Adam Coyle as Chief Executive Officer - Markets Insider".
  13. ^ "tech.mn – Digital River Appoints New CFO". tech.mn. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Digital River acquires Walnut Creek assets". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 12 October 1999. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  15. ^ "Digital River Expanding Customer Base Through Acquisitions | InformationWeek". www.informationweek.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  16. ^ staff.writer (2002-04-04). "Digital River acquires assets of CCNow.com". Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  17. ^ Callaghan, Dennis (2002-01-04). "Digital River Buys FreeMerchant Subscribers". eWEEK. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  18. ^ "Digital River Acquires SWReg for Nearly $9 Million". Chief Marketer. 19 March 2005. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  19. ^ "Digital River Buys eSellerate". 2006-06-15. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Digital River introduces a new feature for online merchants". ecommerce-journal. 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  21. ^ "Digital River Acquires Journey Education Marketing". businesswire. 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  22. ^ Eric Savitz (2010). "Digital River Acquires Fatfoogoo". Barrons. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  23. ^ Dean Takahashi (2010). "Digital River buys virtual goods company Fatfoogoo". Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  24. ^ Snorrason Holdings (2012). "Snorrason Holdings to Acquire CCNow from Digital River". PRWeb. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  25. ^ Dan Browning (2010). "Digital River sues over data breach". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  26. ^ Tim Wilson (5 June 2010). "Digital River Sues Over Theft Of Data On Nearly 200,000 Customers". Darkreading.
  27. ^ McMillan, Robert (October 13, 2017). "Equifax's Latest Security Foil: A Defunct Web Service". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  28. ^ a b "Equifax rival TransUnion also sends site visitors to malicious pages". 12 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  29. ^ "Equifax website showed you ads full of malware, expert finds". Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  30. ^ "Malicious Redirects on Equifax, TransUnion Sites Caused by Third-Party Script - SecurityWeek.Com". www.securityweek.com. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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