“Intuit, the global financial technology platform that makes TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire SeedFi, the partner behind Credit Karma’s Credit Builder1, which helps low, or no-credit borrowers build credit while saving money, all for free. Credit Builder offers a line of credit and a secured savings account enabling members to build their credit while building up savings. By combining SeedFi’s Credit Builder technology with Credit Karma’s long standing relationships with credit bureaus and others in the credit ecosystem, Intuit will be able to move with greater speed and scale to help Credit Karma members make financial progress. Late last year, Credit Karma entered into a partnership with SeedFi to offer Credit Builder to its members, enabling them to make regular payments, starting with as little as $20 per month or $10 per paycheck. By reporting these payments to the credit bureaus, members took steps toward improving their financial health. Through this partnership, members increased their score by an average of 21 points in as little as 30 to 45 days2 and built up over $10 million in savings. This acquisition will enable Credit Karma Money to continue to build on that momentum and help put more members on a path to financial security.”

“The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a court on Monday to issue an order stopping Intuit (INTU.O) , the owner of TurboTax tax preparation software, from deceptively advertising free tax filing when it requires many people to pay.”

“Intuit QuickBooks today announced two new products that provide small businesses and their employees with faster access to their money in an effort to give them greater cash flow flexibility so they can succeed and prosper. With QuickBooks Get Paid Upfront , eligible QuickBooks Online customers can eliminate the wait to be paid on outstanding invoices and put their earned money to work faster. QuickBooks Early Pay will provide eligible employees paid through QuickBooks Online Payroll with the option of instant1 access to money between paydays.”

“Today, Intuit ProConnect , from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), is announcing its partnership with Practice Ignition (PI) to increase productivity for tax professionals. Practice Ignition, an automated proposal and payment management software that eliminates administrative tasks, will work in tandem with Intuit professional tax products, allowing for a better end-to-end workflow for tax professionals.”

“Today, Intuit’s (Nasdaq: INTU) personal finance app Mint, and Rocket Mortgage – part of Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), announced an extension of their partnership where Mint users can get approved to purchase a home entirely digitally, within the Mint app – powered by Rocket Mortgage’s API. This new solution gives homebuyers the ability to go from application to an accurate rate confirmation and an approval in as few as eight minutes, instead of days. Users can complete the entire process in the Mint app and they can easily import information they have already added to their Mint account.”

“QuickBooks, the tax and accounting software specialist is launching a new digital payment account aimed at small business owners.  The QuickBooks Business Account will be powered by payments-as-a-service fintech Modulr, allowing QuickBooks to offer a one-stop solution that benefits from the latter’s payments infrastructure and taps into its digital payments expertise.”