Founder, ClearValue; CPA + Financial Educator
Brian Kim
Publishing on financial topics since 2018
Brian Kim, CPA is the founder of the ClearValue family of financial-education and comparison sites, and of ClearValue Tax, a channel that has reached more than 2.8 million people on YouTube (@ClearValueTax). His work focuses on translating credit, tax, and everyday-money decisions into plain-English guidance people can act on.
He launched ClearValue Cards as an independent publisher to fix a specific problem: comparing credit cards means wading through scattered marketing copy and paywalled reviews that rank cards by who pays the most. ClearValue Cards researches the options and publishes an honest verdict scored on a transparent methodology and ranked by fit — not by commission. It is a comparison and education platform, not a card issuer or a sales floor.
Brian is not a card issuer or underwriter and does not personally review individual reviews. Day-to-day editorial work — research, methodology, and review of routine content — is run by the ClearValue Editorial Team and published under the team byline.