Coinstar

Coinstar, LLC (formerly Outerwall, Inc.) is an American company operating coin-cashing machines. 
Coinstar's focus is the conversion of loose <a href="/facts/Coin/PbMTkT2d">change</a> into <a href="/facts/Paper_currency/mm6H2XI4">paper currency</a>, <a href="/facts/Donation/I3m5TNbg">donations</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gift_card/wf2SvhuF">gift cards</a> via <a href="/facts/Coin_counter/47zn9mFz">coin counter</a> kiosks which deduct a fee for conversion of coins to banknotes; it processes $2.7 billion worth of coins annually as of 2019. The company also operates Coinstar Exchange for gift cards. Coinstar's kiosks are in the front of <a href="/facts/Retailing/unzV9sPF">stores</a> (between the <a href="/facts/Cash_register/GsBX9b8V">cash registers</a> and the exit/entrance). The company has more than 60,000 kiosks offering a variety of services in the US, <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">UK</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a>, <a href="/facts/Puerto_Rico/jVStMyG4">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Eurozone/rK14yHsz">Eurozone</a>. Coinstar also produces machines that provide prepaid <a href="/facts/Credit_cards/7pKSB5LD">credit cards</a> and e-payment <a href="/facts/Kiosks/KEfJuRnu">kiosks</a>.
On July 2, 2013, Coinstar changed its name to Outerwall and started trading on the NASDAQ as OUTR.
On September 27, 2016, <a href="/facts/Apollo_Global_Management/zuoGhHH0">Apollo Global Management</a>, LLC acquired Outerwall, Inc. and de-listed from NASDAQ. After the acquisition, former components of Outerwall—<a href="/facts/Redbox/jzBr2XAR">Redbox</a>, Coinstar, and ecoATM (which includes <a href="/facts/Gazelle_(Internet_company)/d8KfK6R8">Gazelle</a>)—became separate business entities.

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