Feb 26, 2016

Top 10 Cities Where Young Adults Have the Most Amount of Student Debt

Student debt is fast becoming a fact of life for Americans: research has estimated that by 2020 as many as two-thirds of jobs will require post-high school education or training, tuition continues to rise in all sectors of the education market, and students are taking on debt at an alarming rate. Student debt has more than doubled in the […]

Feb 19, 2016

Credit Karma’s New App Redesign Available Now on Android and iOS

We’re very pleased today to announce the launch of Credit Karma’s new app redesign, available now on both Android and iOS. This new mobile redesign is a major reimagining of our mobile product, a reflection of the shift in how we see our members using Credit Karma on mobile. It has some of our most […]

Feb 3, 2016

The 10 Cities Where 18-24 Year Olds Have the Most Accounts in Collection

Missing a utilities bill or credit card payment happens more than we’d like to admit. Letters requesting payment can be tossed in the recycling bin, caller ID can make it easy to avoid phone calls, but the debt does not disappear. After a few months it may be sent on, or sold, to a collections […]

Jan 28, 2016

Credit Karma: Now Serving 50 Million Members

We’re honored today at Credit Karma to announce that our product now serves more than 50 million members. We’re grateful for everyone who trusts us to help them manage their financial lives. These 50 million members use Credit Karma to manage over $3 trillion in debt, which as a platform, gives us insight into more […]

Dec 17, 2015

The 10 Most Expensive Cities For Millennials To Own a Car

A recent University of Michigan study showed that car ownership was declining in America, but with over 90 percent of households still owning a vehicle, it clearly still plays a major role in most people’s daily lives. Millennials are more likely to be interested in things like ridesharing than older generations, but a large number of […]

Dec 9, 2015

Credit Karma Recognized with Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award

Yesterday, Credit Karma was recognized as one of the winners of the eighth annual Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the Best Places to Work in 2016. This recognition is based on an evaluation by Glassdoor of the feedback our employees have shared on its site about their experiences at Credit Karma in the past […]

Dec 3, 2015

The 10 Cities With The Most Responsible Millennial Spenders

There’s a prevailing cliche that exists about Millennials: they’re prone to living beyond their means, credit-illiterate and slightly irresponsible, enjoying the spend-now, consequences-later era of their early youth. Only that may not always be the case, as Credit Karma research has found. Average credit card debt for Millennials, viewed as a proportion of their disposable […]

Nov 17, 2015

Credit Karma Gives Away Its One-Billionth Free Credit Score

We launched Credit Karma’s product in early 2008 to give consumers free access to their credit information that had until then been difficult or costly to access. It was our hope that we could equip consumers with the information they needed in order to thrive financially. Credit scores were too important to a consumer’s financial […]

Nov 12, 2015

Introducing Credit Karma’s New Direct Dispute Feature

According to an FTC study, one-in-four consumers have an error on their credit report that could affect their credit score. A credit report error, such as a fraudulent account or incorrect account details, can have a powerful impact on a consumer’s financial health. These errors can affect everything from the terms and rates a consumer […]