President Joe Biden touted a new pathway for debt relief that kicked into gear Wednesday for 153,000 student loan borrowers, calling it a ticket to “chase dreams” in a speech in Culver City, California, and highlighting a key part of his 2024 campaign strategy. “Folks, I’m happy to have been able to forgive these loans…
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Debt settlement can be a valuable way to improve your financial situation but there are nuances to the approach that borrowers should understand first. Getty Images/iStockphoto Getting into debt is easy and can happen in the blink of an eye. Common reasons for going into debt are paying for an unexpected expense, losing income or…
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Key Points A HELP loan defers your tertiary course fees until you find a job. You wont start paying off your loan until your income reaches $51,550 a year. To be eligible you must be an Australian citizen or hold specific visa or residency status. Unpaid HELP debts grow in line with the Consumer Price…
A powerful software developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat is being deployed in Nigeria to transform how the country manages its public debt portfolio of US $114.35 billion while enhancing transparency. At the request of the Government of Nigeria, the Commonwealth Secretariat hosted a two-week training workshop for 15 Nigerian debt managers at its headquarters in…
Inching closer to delivering on a Plan B for federal student loan borrowers after President Joe Biden’s sweeping debt cancellation plan was rejected by the Supreme Court last summer, the Department of Education has announced a broad proposal that would cancel loans for borrowers dealing with “financial hardship.” Through the new approach, which is a…
Albert H. Teich / Shutterstock.com As of the last quarter of 2023, American credit card debt totals about $1.129 trillion. This mountain of debt is one that just keeps growing, trapping many under impossibly high interest rates that keep them in a never-ending cycle of debt. Read Next: This Is the One Type of Debt…
If I have take-home pay of, say, $3,000 a month, how can I pay for housing, food, insurance, health care, debt repayment and fun without running out of money? Thats a lot to cover with a limited amount, and this is a zero-sum game. The answer is to make a budget. What is a budget?…
American consumer debt including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans reached $16.90 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the New York Federal Reserve. This is an increase of 2.4 percent, or $394 billion, from the third quarter of 2022, prompting many Americans to explore other strategies to manage their growing…