Up to 170 jobs are at risk at the debt advice charity StepChangebecause of reduced demand for its services. The charity has slightly more than 1,500 staff, according to its latest accounts, in offices around the UK. Unite the union said in a statement that the StepChange offices in Leeds and Newcastle upon Tyne would…
Black women were hit the hardest with income loss this year. Whether you lost a job or had to close down your business or downsize your clientele, collectively, the pandemic hit our pockets the hardest. According to U.S. News, Black women had a 6% drop in employment in 2020. That income loss affects how we…
Student federal loan repaymentsand interest on that debthave been paused during the pandemic, thanks to federal COVID-19 relief legislation. As of October 2021, however, some 44 million borrowers who owe an estimated $1.7 trillion will have to start repaying debt that has grown exponentially over the past decade and a half. Many are ill-prepared to…
Financial research website Moneyhub has compiled the 12 ‘Sacred Rules’ of credit cards every cardholder should follow, if they don’t want to fall victim to easy, and expensive, consumer debt. OPINION: Its funny when we mention debt or hear about it in the news, we automatically seem to think it is a bad thing. Dont…
Denise Dunckel | The Fayetteville Observer Across America, legislators at the state and national level have their hands full. As the COVID-19 pandemic slows our return to normalcy, policymakers and regulators are managing the continued economic fallout amid countless other issues, trying to do whats best for their constituents. In North Carolina, however, the state…
However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency announced on Friday that notices to disadvantaged farmers are going out, explaining that the debt relief money is now available, and that the agency expects to start paying the Farm Service Agency direct loans in early June. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement Civil rights activists have…
While battling advanced colon cancer, Robert Armour never wavered in his legal fight for student loan cancellation after the abrupt closure of his school, Argosy University-Schaumburg in Illinois. His effort paid off. Nearly one and a half years after suing the Education Department and former education secretary Betsy DeVos, Mr Armour succeeded. Before leaving office…
DEBT is far from uncommon and many people borrow money via loans, credit cards and mortgages. But if debt’s getting on top of you, and you’re struggling to pay money back, you should always seek help – and there’s plenty out there. 1 There’s help from charities and the government to help you with debtCredit:…
By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read ROME, May 21 (Reuters) – Italys Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Friday recommended temporarily suspending debt service payments to help poor countries battling COVID-19, adding that Rome would offer an additional 300 million euros ($366 million) to distribute vaccines to them. Italy has given 86 million euros to COVAX…
Launch of study Climate change, debt, and COVID-19 (LWI) – A new study titled Climate change, Debt and COVID-19, analyzes a vicious cycle: climate change and COVID-19 are producing massive costs, exacerbating debt in the poorest countries. The study indicates that due to the lack of funds to invest in improved resilience, future crises will…