Tagged: credit karma

July 12, 2020 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Steve Sloane, a Principal at Menlo Ventures who focuses on investing in SaaS applications, marketplaces, and robotics, points out that Fintech has dominated the news cycle during 2020. He notes that there were some large exits this year, including those involving Credit Karma, Personal Capital,… Read More

February 28, 2020 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

QED Investors, an active venture capital firm that has backed many Fintechs, booked a big win this week it seems. Ten years ago, QED was the Series A lead investor in Credit Karma. Following the news this week that Intuit has purchased Credit Karma for… Read More

February 23, 2020 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU), the creator of Turbo Tax, Quickbooks and Mint as well as an aspiring Fintech, is expected to pony up $7 billion to purchase Credit Karma, according to a report by WSJ.com. Intuit generates about $7 billion a year in topline revenue. During a… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As more startup initiatives acquire banking licenses, including tech firms, an established 12-year-old Fintech company has reportedly decided not to get into banking. Instead of becoming a bank, San Francisco-based Credit Karma has decided to support a team of five professionals who’re working on a… Read More

June 10, 2019 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

This is London Tech Week and the city is doing a bit of well-deserved chest pounding touting its innovation cred. In data compiled by London & Partners, the Mayor of London’s inward investment agency, venture capital investment into London is booming. In fact even while… Read More

January 17, 2019 @ 10:08 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A survey conducted by the credit score provider Credit Karma of 1009 US adult Bitcoin investors has determined Americans investors may have incurred $1.7 billion in collective realized losses from Bitcoin speculation- about $718 USD each. The survey also determined an additional $5.7 billion in… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credit Karma announced earlier this week it is now offering car insurance in Texas and California. Credit Karma’s members in those states are now able to see what they could be paying for auto insurance based on what members like them are paying for the same coverage…. Read More

August 20, 2018 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Credit Karma, a Fintech in the lending space, has acquired Approved – a platform designed to modernize mortgage lending. Details of the acquisition were not revealed. The announcement was revealed in a blog post by Approved sharing that it would “build a consumer-facing digital mortgage experience… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Credit Karma announced it secured a $500 million strategic secondary investment from technology investment firm Silver Lake. According to Credit Karma, Silver Lake will acquire a significant minority in the company. Founder and CEO Kenneth Lin will remain the largest shareholder, and together with co-founders Nichole… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) slapped the wrist of Credit Karma with a $160,000 penalty. The SEC said the San Francisco-based Fintech has agreed to settle charges that it unlawfully offered securities to its employees and failed to provide them with timely financial statements… Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 3:25 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Online lender Prosper Marketplace has put its relationships with the loan referral websites LendingTree and Credit Karma on hold, according to The Wall Street Journal, signifying the platform’s own lending slowdown as it tries to shore up new deals with investors to buy loans. Earlier this week, LendingClub raised… Read More