Some states mandate tedious inventory and accounting rules for probate, while others allow the beneficiaries to simply sign off on the executor's proposed distribution.
The Internet began to even things out a bit, and the payment landscape became less about being able to integrate the hardware and more about online access to the right software for functions like inventory and accounting.
Filipowski started with a small outfit that produced software for IBM mainframes, then went on to found an accounting and inventory-data software company called Platinum Technology.