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Tim Chen, CEO and co-founder of NerdWallet Inc., has come a long way since the 2008 financial crisis when he found himself among the unemployed, like many others at that time. Don’t Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision For Re-...

Consumer financial advice website NerdWallet has reportedly filed for an IPO. What Happened? Reuters reported that NerdWallet has confidentially submitted IPO filings to U.S. regulators and hired a team of investment banks led by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to underwrite its IPO process. What It...

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards — a day of dealmaking, networking and recognition in the financial technology space — takes places Nov. 10.  In recognition of those disruptive innovators creating positive and diverse change within the financial services...

For many Americans, the single biggest financial goal of their lifetime is saving enough money for retirement. Unfortunately, there's no universal answer to the question of how much money is enough — but there are plenty of online resources available to help retirement savers estimate how...

The genesis of the personal finance startup NerdWallet came when CEO Tim Chen’s sister asked him for a credit card recommendation. Chen thought the answer could be found with a quick Google search, “but I was completely wrong,” he told Benzinga. “I was appalled by how...

So much has been written and theorized about Millennials and money; juxtapose that with fears of under-investing in the market and government-assisted retirement programs depleting at a rate that cannot keep up with population growth under current taxation, and the present and future for...

Credit is like muscle – the more efficiently you use it, the better it is; the more you abuse it, the more you lose it. And unfortunately, there is a misconception that if your credit is bad once you retire, you are financially sunk. However, that is not the case. While it may seem...

NerdWallet's Courtney Jespersen recently published a piece, "NerdWallet Study Finds Black Friday Is No Bargain, And Americans Still Go Into Debt During Holiday Season," around survey results and research that provides new insights into holiday shoppers' feelings over Black...

While Benzinga mostly covers actionable trading ideas and news stories, we've decided to delve a bit deeper into personal finance. The team at Benzinga would like to assist readers with not just their investing endeavors, but their financial lives as a whole. Today, we continue this effort with...