On Stompstart by 21 September 2019 · London · United Kingdom
Credit Kudos.
A London app that offered a free credit rating check, whose makers moved on to credit scoring for lenders before Apple bought the company in 2022.
Finance
Timeline
- Directory page saved
The Wayback Machine saved a directory page showing this listing.
- Acquired
Companies House records Apple Inc. as a person with significant control of Credit Kudos Limited, holding 75% or more of shares and voting rights, notified 21 March 2022.
Acquisition · Announced - Acquired
SiliconANGLE reported that Apple bought Credit Kudos for about $150 million, citing sources who spoke to The Block, and that the company's terms of use now pointed to Apple's.
Acquisition · Announced - Renamed
Credit Kudos Limited changed its name to Apple Payments Services Limited; the company remains active.
Rename · Announced - Listed on Stompstart
“Smart financial management”
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“Smart financial management”
Credit Kudos helps users understand their financial health and how to improve it. Users get insight into their spending and a free credit rating check. Our goal is rid the world of problem debt by proactively informing people when they are going off course and giving them...
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- Finance
- Location
- London · United Kingdom
In our words: Only a directory card survives. It described Credit Kudos, in public beta, as smart financial management: insight into spending and a free credit rating check, with the stated goal of ending problem debt by warning people when their finances went off course.
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