Karen Bennett

Senior consumer banking reporter
Ribbon Icon EXPERTISE
  • Banking
  • Personal finance
  • Credit cards
Education Icon EDUCATION
  • Bachelor’s degree in English, University of Illinois
  • Master’s degree in journalism, Columbia College Chicago

Karen Bennett is a senior consumer banking reporter at Bankrate. She uses her finance writing background to help readers learn more about savings and checking accounts, CDs, and other financial matters.

Karen brings decades of writing and reporting experience to the table, including the roles of credit cards writer for travel website Million Mile Secrets and money and career writer for The Cheat Sheet. Her work has also appeared in USA Today, Illinois Legal Times, and several Chicago, Milwaukee, and Washington, D.C. newspapers. In addition, she’s worked in the areas of marketing and business development, and she was product manager for a consumer money-saving website.

When she’s not writing Bankrate articles, she can often be found cheering her kids on at soccer games, cooking and reading up on saving for retirement and other personal finance topics.

Karen's latest articles

  • MySavingsDirect

    Read our experts' review on MySavingsDirect Bank's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    1 min read Jan 08, 2021

  • Santander Bank

    Read our experts' review on Santander Bank's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    2 min read Nov 04, 2020

  • KeyBank

    Read our experts' review on KeyBank's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    2 min read Aug 21, 2020

  • Golden 1 Credit Union

    Read our experts' review on Golden 1 Credit Union's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    1 min read Aug 21, 2020

  • Emigrant Bank

    Read our experts' review on Emigrant Bank's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    1 min read Mar 17, 2020

  • VyStar Credit Union

    Read our experts' review on VyStar Credit Union's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    1 min read Mar 16, 2020

  • Boeing Employees' Credit Union

    Read our experts' review on Boeing Employees' Credit Union's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    2 min read Mar 03, 2020

  • NBKC Bank

    Read our experts' review on NBKC Bank's features and product offerings. Bankrate reviews and compares hundreds of banks to help find the right fit for you.

    2 min read Feb 28, 2020