Image caption, David and his wife are both working but struggling By Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent People are slipping further into debt to pay for basics like rent and bills, Citizens Advice has warned. Half of the charity’s debt assessment clients have a negative budget – meaning they are left in the red…
Image Credit card debt can be stressful. Interest rates can be high, and if you miss or cant make your full payments, that growing balance can be overwhelming. Enter a group of companies that promised to reduce or eliminate your credit card debt. (For a fee.) But did they? The FTCs lawsuit against ACRO Services…
Getty | Drew Angerer / Staff The Biden student debt-relief plan remains stuck in legal limbo, but some borrowers have a saving grace: their employer. Companies have stepped up in recent years to help student loan borrowers throw off the yoke of debt. They are doing this in several ways, including offering direct assistance or…
Attorney General Lynn Fitch has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the Biden Administrations bid to reinstate its student debt relief plan. Earlier this month, the Biden Administration petitioned the Supreme Court to lift an injunction imposed by a lower court and allow the plan to go forward. The administration cited the impact that…
Toledo, Ohio has given its residents a new and unusual holiday gift: the promise of medical debt relief. In early November, its city council voted to use $800,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funding to wipe out the medical debt of residents in need, with the help of an organization called RIP Medical Debt. Lucas…
watch now Consumers spent a record $9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday and another record $11.3 billionon Cyber Monday, according to the most recent data from Adobe. So far this November, consumers have spent$107.7 billiononline overall, up nearly 10% from last year. Yet roughly60% of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck heading into the…
IRVINE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 28, 2022 / Debt has become endemic in the United States, with total personal debt in the country surpassing $14 trillion in the first half of 2021. That works out at around $58,000 per adult, with 77% of households carrying debt of some kind. Given these figures, it is…
College graduates who are pursuing careers in agriculture are in line for expanded student debt relief under a measure approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new measure is meant to give more students eligibility under a program meant to encourage young people to becomes farmers. The law addresses eligibility for the New York State Young…
IRVINE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 28, 2022 / Debt has become endemic in the United States, with total personal debt in the country surpassing $14 trillion in the first half of 2021. That works out at around $58,000 per adult, with 77% of households carrying debt of some kind. Given these figures, it is…
Airi Tilley is her familys version of a pioneer. Not only is she the first person on either side of her family to attend college, shes also the first to be completely independent at the age of 18. But being first isnt always easy. Despite working nearly full time, Tilley (pictured far right) often struggled…