If you’re dealing with maxed-out credit card accounts, there are a few good solutions that may be worth considering. Getty Images Credit card debt is an ongoing issue for many Americans, and under the weight of today’s economic challenges, these types of issues are compounding. For example, about one in seven (or 15.3%) of Gen…
In 2024, the world faces an unprecedented financial challenge. Global debt has soared to a staggering $310tn, catapulting the global debt-to-gross domestic product ratio to an alarming 340%. This colossal debt burden has proven to be a formidable obstacle, with debt risks looming large. The current situation is critical and incomplete. If debt is an…
(InvestigateTV) Consumers typically pay 3-5% in fees on a credit card balance transfer, according to Bankrate, but those fees might be worth the cost to some consumers. Leslie Tayne, a debt relief attorney with 25 years experience, said balance transfers could be a great opportunity to reduce interest rates. Those looking for a balance transfer…
(InvestigateTV) Consumers typically pay 3-5% in fees on a credit card balance transfer, according to Bankrate, but those fees might be worth the cost to some consumers. Leslie Tayne, a debt relief attorney with 25 years experience, said balance transfers could be a great opportunity to reduce interest rates. Those looking for a balance transfer…
Student debts are expected to be slashed this year after the federal government announced it was changing the way higher education loans are indexed each year. Were wiping more than $3 billion of HECS debt for more than 3 million Australians, Education Minister Jason Clare said recently. But how will the change to HECS indexation…
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Student debts are expected to be slashed this year after the federal government announced it was changing the way higher education loans are indexed each year. Were wiping more than $3 billion of HECS debt for more than 3 million Australians, Education Minister Jason Clare said recently.…
Were all feeling the pinch right now in the midst of the cost of living crisis. To help in any way we can, Womans Day has rounded up our top tips to save you money in simple ways. KNOW WHAT YOU OWE A recent study by finder.com.au found that the average Australian has $20,238 in…
LONDON/WASHINGTON The worlds small island states plan to join forces to push for debt relief and more climate investment ahead of 2024s COP29 UN climate summit, part of a 10-year strategy to help save some of them from extinction, a draft document seen by Reuters showed. The Small Island Developing States (Sids), a grouping of…
Liberal Party of Australia The Albanese Government has botched its Budget commitment to cut student debt for three million Australians with the ATO confirming HELP loans will rise by 4.7 per cent from 1 June 2024, rather than the 4 per cent increase Labor promised. Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, said Labors go-slow on…
On May 20, the CFPB settled an enforcement action against a California-based telemarketing firm for practices related to student loan debt relief services. The Bureau has ordered the firm to permanently halt operations and pay a $400,000 civil money penalty, in addition to ordering the recission of all the firms existing contracts with consumers. The Bureaus investigation…