Co-Founder · CPA
Brian Kim
Brian Kim is a financial educator who has helped more than 2.89 million people understand money, credit, and funding through his ClearValue content (@clearvaluetax9382). He co-founded ClearValue Lending to bridge the gap between financial education and real-world financial decisions.
Why he co-founded ClearValue Lending
Through his financial-education work, Brian heard from the same people every day — business owners turned away by banks and buried in fine print, and consumers trying to compare personal loans, auto financing, debt payoff, and refinancing with scattered, contradictory, or paywalled information.
ClearValue Lending is the answer: a business & personal financing platform — not a lender, and not a sales floor — that researches the options, publishes the ClearValue verdict ranked by fit (never by who pays), and points people to the right next step.
The standards he holds the platform to
- Ranked by fit, never by commission — we publish the ClearValue verdict even when it costs us a referral.
- Every factual claim is attributed to a named source (SBA, IRS, Federal Reserve, CFPB, FDIC, NAIC).
- Education first — plain-English explainers, not a sales pitch.
- Platform, not a lender, broker, or advisor — no individualized financial advice.