Category: credit

TurboTax maker Intuit buys Credit Karma to corner personal financial data

Post author By Randall
Post date February 24, 2020
Categories In acquisition, business, credit, credit karma, finance, gear, Internet, intuit, mint, personal finance, Quickbooks, software, tax, taxes, Tech, turbotax, web

[ad_1] Credit Karma will run as a stand-alone outfit, with existing CEO Kenneth Lin still in charge. Intuit expects the acquisition to close in the second half of 2020 if it clears the regulatory process. The deal makes sense for Intuit. While it has the budgeting site Mint under its wing, it doesn’t have a […]

Senators ask credit agencies why they don’t report FBI data requests

Post author By Randall
Post date December 14, 2019
Categories In credit, equifax, experian, fbi, gear, Internet, national security letter, nsl, Politics, Privacy, Tech, transparency, transunion

[ad_1] There could be good reason to disclose those data requests. Previously released documents have revealed that Equifax, Experian and TransUnion received a “large number” of 750 NSLs, and the senators note that these companies received “dozens” of letters ending gag orders on individual requests. That’s a lot of vital personal data (including purchase habits […]

That Apple Card may not be as private as you think

Post author By Randall
Post date August 30, 2019
Categories In Apple, applecard, badpassword, card, credit, editorial, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, goldman sachs, mastercard, Privacy, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Anyway. With a flourish, my friend presented his Apple Card. It seemed to glow faintly, but I knew that was just my poor eyesight. Or maybe just how poor people see it. I watched how my friend handled the white titanium, laser-etched card. Kind of avoiding skin contact. I wanted to hold it badly, […]