Paul Soucy has been the lead credit cards editor at NerdWallet since 2015. Prior to NerdWallet, he spent 15 years in newsrooms at USA Today and the Des Moines Register, then a decade as a freelance writer and editor specializing in personal finance topics. He was editor of the USA Today Weekly International Edition and won the highest award given by the ACES editing society. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Drake University and an MBA from the University of Iowa. Email: [email protected].
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