Jim Akin
Jim Akin is a personal finance writer who specializes in credit, homebuying and loans. In addition to writing for Experian for many years, his clients have included LendingClub, Lending Tree and Money.com. Jim's most recent corporate role was managing digital communications for credit-scoring company VantageScore® Solutions.
Expertise: Consumer credit, credit scores, credit reports, debt management, credit cards, mortgages, home-equity loans, personal loans, identity theft, fraud
Experience: Whether writing about personal finance, business software, smartphone apps or household products, Jim Akin (he/him) relies on his curiosity in pursuit of clarity. When conducting interviews, combing through legislation and technical specs, or sifting through statistical data, Jim keeps asking questions until he can cut through legalese, tech-speak and other jargon to spell out what really matters to his audience.
This approach has served well in a career that's included stints as a newspaperman, magazine journalist, book editor and marketing consultant. Whether writing for consumers, corporate decision-makers or technology enthusiasts, Jim strives to make complicated topics understandable, compelling and even entertaining.
