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Tim Devaney is a personal finance writer and credit card expert at Credit Karma. He’s a longtime journalist who prides himself on being a good storyteller who can explain complex information in an easily digestible way. Prior to Credit Karma, Tim wrote about financial regulations for The Hill and covered business for The Detroit News and The Washington Times. Tim has been featured on Business Insider, CBS, C-SPAN, MarketWatch, TheStreet and Yahoo! Finance. He has a bachelor’s in journalism from Cornerstone University.
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