Our Financial Expert Review Board
At Bankrate, we take the accuracy of our content seriously. Many of our articles are reviewed for accuracy and relevancy by a panel of financial experts. They hold us accountable for publishing content that’s objective, balanced and worthy of your trust.
Financial information you can trust
The Bankrate Financial Review Board is a group of experts who evaluate our content for accuracy and trustworthiness. Each article is written by an expert in that given subject matter. The board’s obectives are to identify inaccurate or misleading information and suggest corrections. They also point out omissions and propose messaging enhancements that would provide better clarity.
Our board consists of wealth managers, financial planners, investors, compliance experts, insurance educators and other financial professionals. The depth of their experience — and thoroughness of their reviews — should give you confidence that everything you read on our site is of the highest quality and integrity.
THE PROCESS
How does the review board work?
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Expert review
Board members review the work and suggest corrections or modifications.
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Content updates
Bankrate reporters and editors consider the feedback to improve the piece.
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Publication
After approval, the final content is published with the reviewed information.
OUR FINANCIAL REVIEW TEAM
Meet our panel of experts
Our board members are carefully selected based on their credentials, experiences and reputations as experts in their financial field.
Review board members
Jason Steele is a professional journalist and credit card expert who has been contributing to online publications since 2008. He was one of the original contributors to The Points Guy, and his work has been appearing there since 2011. He has also contributed to over 100 of the leading personal finance and travel outlets.
Maggie Klokkenga is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CPA, AFC®, and the founder of Make a Money Mindshift, a financial coaching firm in central Illinois.
Sally Herigstad is a personal finance writer, columnist, author and retired CPA. She wrote a CreditCards.com column called “To Her Credit” for 10 years, answering readers’ questions about credit, debt, finances and family relationships, and more. With a background in public accounting, she joined the personal finance team at Microsoft in 1998. She has been working to help people take control of their finances ever since.
Stephanie Zito is a professional traveler, self-employed humanitarian consultant and collector of credit card points. She shares savvy travel tips that she’s learned firsthand circling the globe for more than 25 years. She’s a backpacker, expect and premium traveler who’s visited more than 130 countries and all seven continents. Her life motto is “See the world, change the world, have fun doing it!” and her mission is to inspire others along the journey.
Director of Real Estate and Asset Management, City of Miami; Professor of Real Estate Law, Florida International University
Thomas is a well-rounded financial professional, with over 20 years of experience in investments, corporate finance, and accounting. His investment experience includes oversight of a $4 billion portfolio for an insurance group. Varied finance and accounting work includes the preparation of financial statements and budgets, the development of multiyear financial forecasts, credit analyses, and the evaluation of capital budgeting proposals.
In a consulting capacity, he has assisted individuals and businesses of all sizes with accounting, financial planning and investing matters; lent his financial expertise to a few well-known websites; and tutored students via a few virtual forums.
Tim LaMere has worked in the insurance industry for over 20 years.
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