James Nakamura, CFA

James Nakamura is a CFA charterholder and Credit & Banking Analyst at CreditMaze with 8 years of experience covering consumer lending and banking products. Before joining CreditMaze, James spent 4 years as a credit risk analyst at a top-10 U.S. bank, where he evaluated credit card portfolios and loan underwriting models. He holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. James brings a data-driven, detail-oriented perspective to his writing — he's the one building the comparison tables and crunching the APR numbers. He specializes in credit card comparisons, banking product reviews, and loan guides.