Credit Karma has had huge success in the US providing free credit scores and recommending products for their users; they...
Credit Karma is seen as one of the hottest fintech startups in the world and a potential 2020 IPO candidate;...
I dig deeply into the $5.3 billion acquisition of data aggregator Plaid by $500 billion payments network Visa. We examine why this deal is worth 25-50x revenue, while Yodlee's sale to Envestnet was priced much lower. We also look at how Plaid could be an existential threat to Visa, and why paying 1% of marketcap to protect 200 million accounts may be a good bet. Broader implications for product manufacturers across payments, investments, and banking also emerge -- the middle is getting carved out, and infrastructure providers like Visa or BlackRock are moving closer to the consumer.
We start out the week with yet another blockbuster fintech acquisition. The Wall Street Journal reported late Saturday that Intuit,...
Ken Lin started Credit Karma back in 2007; since then the company has attracted 100 million members and brought in...
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ValueWalk has analyzed the recent CB Insights report on fintech funding as well as the Forbes 50 report on the...
Over the weekend we learned that Intuit, the makers of TurboTax, Mint and Quickbooks, is close to acquiring Credit Karma,...
In his weekly Forbes column Ron Shevlin of Cornerstone Advisors wonders if Intuit is the best fit to buy Credit...