Intuit Credit Karma
Since its original launch in 2008, the Credit Score Simulator has been one of our most popular features with Credit Karma members. In light of that popularity, we’re excited to announce we’ve launched a new version of the Credit Score Simulator – better and more helpful than ever before. This new simulator lets people see […]
I first met Mayor Ed Lee at a networking event for entrepreneurs three years ago, when Credit Karma was a much smaller company. As a newer CEO then, I was just looking for anybody to tell our story to. Meeting the mayor, I was immediately impressed by his ability to listen and to hear our […]
This month The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times named Credit Karma as one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s healthiest employers. This is the second consecutive year the publications have honored Credit Karma’s employee-driven wellness program “Happy is Healthy” among its top mid-sized companies. The 2015 Bay Area Healthiest Employer awards program recognizes […]
Consumer debt levels keep hitting all-time highs. But Credit Karma data looking at average consumer debt for our more than 40 million members shows there are still some cities where borrowing isn’t spiking so high.Credit Karma members in Detroit, MI have less than 25 percent of the debt our members in Frisco, TX have – […]
Consumer debt breaks down into a few different areas. People can borrow to study, buy a home, finance a vehicle, or make everyday purchases. An analysis of Credit Karma data from our member base of more than 40 million consumers reveals the 15 cities in the US where our members have the highest average amounts […]
It’s hard to afford college without student loans. According to the Institute for College Access & Success, 69 percent of graduates from public and nonprofit colleges had student loan debt. Credit Karma data from our member base of over 40 million consumers shows the 15 cities where the highest percentage of members had student loans. […]
Until recently, it could be expensive and confusing for the average consumer to access their credit scores and reports. A side effect of this was a proliferation of rumors about the best way to manage credit. Like any good urban legend, it’s hard to know exactly where these got started. Since Credit Karma launched in […]
Looking at Credit Karma data around national credit limits, from our more than 40 million members, we’ve found two commonalities: people with the highest credit limits tend to live in cities with both higher than average incomes and retail sales. The cities on our top 15 lists are spread from California and Arizona to Illinois […]
Want to own a home? You may want to ditch the big city. We consulted our data to find the US cities where the highest percentage of Credit Karma members had mortgages, and small cities dominated. Of the top 15 cities, none had more than 250,000 residents, and all but three had less than 200,000. […]
It’s been a hugely exciting time at Credit Karma the last couple of months. As you might have read in the news, we closed a $175 million Series D financing round at the end of June, to help us drive major new additions to our product that we think will make Credit Karma an even […]