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Hanna Horvath

Multimedia Producer
Expertise
  • Personal Finance•
  • Credit•
  • Banking
How I Think About Money“Money decisions are rarely just about money. They're about who you think you are, what you grew up believing, & what the world around you is telling you to want. The more honestly you can see those forces, the more freedom you have to choose differently.”
10+Years of Experience
Previous experience
  • Bankrate
  • Wall Street Journal
  • CNBC
Education
B.S. in Journalism, Syracuse University
Credentials
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
Hanna Horvath is a personal finance journalist and Certified Financial Planner® who covers the psychology, culture, and economics of money. At NerdWallet, she writes about the forces shaping how people earn, spend, and feel about their finances — translating complicated economic news into clear, useful advice on everyday decisions.
Before joining NerdWallet, Hanna was managing editor at Bankrate, where she oversaw personal finance coverage across banking, credit, and consumer money trends. She's also the founder of Your Brain on Money, a newsletter and media brand that explores why money feels the way it does. Her work has appeared in NBC News, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Inc Magazine, among others. When she's not writing about money, Hanna can be found running through Brooklyn, working through her annual stack of 100 books, or testing out a new coffee shop. She's based in New York.

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