Intuit Credit Karma
Credit Karma provides you with a credit report card (not credit report) and your credit score as calculated by TransUnion. One of the nice features is that the report card explains those factors that are either helping or hurting your credit score.
"The shareholders at the large banks that issue the cards are looking for continuing revenue growth, and when you take away $22 billion they make on fees, they'll look for another way to make it up," said Ken Lin, who heads Credit Karma.
I've been a fan of Credit Karma for about as long as they've been around. It's a cornerstone of my DIY identity theft protection strategy because it lets me view my TransUnion credit score for free about as often as I want to.
Today, we kick off Credit Karma's weekly wave of credit info, exclusive to LearnVest readers.
So before another trial-and-error lesson in personal finance costs you cash and stress, take money matters into your own hands. That's what Credit Karma's column is all about: personal finance lessons to help CuteGeeks get good financial karma.
Check out this Clark Howard television clip that mentions Credit Karma.
I am familiar with CreditKarma.com and it is a place where you can get a one bureau credit score. Overall I really like their site and free service. Getting your credit score is free, so people wonder what the catch is.
Recently, I've seen one service that appears to be safe and highly recommended. The service at CreditKarma.com checked out with an "A" rating at the Better Business Bureau and it's even registered as an "Accredited Business" there.
Credit Karma was recommended to me via Reddit a few months ago, and several users had indicated that it was a good website with helpful information and that they took your privacy seriously.
According to San Francisco-based Credit Karma's monthly U.S. Credit Score Climate Report, for the fourth month in a row, Alabamians have reduced their overall credit card balances.