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Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration’s new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. The plans, if implemented, would provide debt relief to over 30 million…

In his State of the Union address Thursday night, President Joe Biden talked up his administration’s work to forgive the student debt of nearly 4 million people. “When I was told I couldn’t universally just change the way in which we dealt with student…

President Biden will announce a new effort on Monday to reduce or eliminate student loan debt for millions of borrowers, an election-year attempt to revive his goal of providing large-scale relief for Americans struggling to pay off their college loans,…

Move will forgive debts of people who borrowed $12,000 or less and have been repaying the money for at least 10 years. US President Joe Biden has said that his administration was cancelling $1.2bn worth of student loans for almost…

On Black Friday, Jason Apley was shopping with his wife when he checked his bank account and noticed he had about $500 less to spend than last holiday season. Unlike many Americans with crushing student loan debt, the 44-year-old father…

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US bankruptcy filings rose 18% in 2023 due to higher interest rates, tougher lending standards, and the continued end of pandemic-era support measures, according to data from bankruptcy data provider Epiq AACER. According to the data published on Wednesday, the total bankruptcy filings rose…

Whether it has been a good or bad year for student loan borrowers depends on who you ask.  While a large number of borrowers got life-changing emails this year saying their loans had been forgiven, plenty of others received bills in October…

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it would forgive an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt, for 80,300 borrowers. The relief is a result of the U.S. Department of Education’s fixes to its income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. “Before…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing to supervise larger nonbank companies that offer services like digital wallets and payment apps. Driven largely by Big Tech and other large technology firms, digital payment apps and wallets continue…