Brendan Harkness Expertise: Credit Cards, Credit Education, Loans, Banking Title: Senior Finance Editor, Performance Marketing Education: Cognitive Science B.A., SUNY Oswego Location: Syracuse, New York Highlights Senior Finance Editor at The Balance9+ years’ experience editing content for financial and business publicationsExpertise in credit cards, credit education, loans, banking Experience Brendan has been writing and editing content for about a decade, with a recent focus on finance, credit cards, and banking.Before joining The Balance as a finance editor for product reviews, Brendan was an editor at Credit Card Insider, where he wrote and managed content about credit cards, credit advice, and related topics. He has worked in similar capacities for a variety of websites, including HeroX, a crowdsourcing platform for innovators around the world.Brendan enjoys rock climbing, running, and board games. Education Brendan has a B.A. in cognitive science from SUNY Oswego. About The Balance The Balance, a Dotdash Meredith brand, makes money easy to understand. We give people tools they need to not only make smart financial decisions but also prepare for the experiences they will have along the way. Our team of expert writers and editors have extensive qualifications in the topics they cover, and many of them have MBAs, PhDs, CFPs, and other advanced degrees and professional certifications. We require our writers to use primary sources in their articles, which are also approved by our Financial Review Board and fact-checked. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in our editorial policy.