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. 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 a 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 sign off on individual card reviews. ClearValue Cards does not operate a staffed review desk; instead, every card is scored against ClearValue's published 100-point methodology and ranked by fit, never by commission.