Your options to avoid collections when your student loans are in default Staff Personal Finance Editor, Buy Side Valerie Morris is a staff editor at Buy Side and a personal finance expert. Collections ...

Don’t let high car prices and interest rates get you down; with a little precaution you’ll be just fine. Last week’s news was sort of shocking: the price of the average new car is now more than ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dental hygienist Randy Honeycutt’s $65,000 student loan balance has ballooned to more than $200,000 because of back interest and ...

Defaulting on a personal loan can damage your credit score and lead to both legal and financial trouble. If you aren’t able to make payments, talk to your lender as early as possible to avoid default ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson Friday. In it, she warned that the US would breach its debt limit as soon as January 14 unless Congress acted. The Treasury ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...

NEW YORK — Credit card defaults are on the rise for Americans, reaching the highest level in 14 years. U.S. credit card defaults jumped to a record $46 billion from January through September 2024, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Credit card defaults are on the rise for Americans, reaching the highest level in 14 years. U.S. credit card defaults jumped to a record $46 billion from January through September 2024 ...

This year, for the first time in roughly five years, borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loan debt will face collection activity, including the garnishment of their wages and ...