M any Americans have seen higher credit card balances in recent months due to the current elevated-rate environment, an ...

During former President Joe Biden's administration, more than 5 million Americans saw their student debt forgiven via new policies and payment plans available via the Education Department.

However, several student loan forgiveness programs are available to potentially reduce or even erase this debt. These programs provide relief by forgiving part or all of the loan balance ...

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Private loans don't have standard forgiveness options, but state-based repayment programs may help certain professionals, like healthcare workers or lawyers, reduce debt. For instance, Michigan ...

When 86-year-old Rebecca Finch received a letter from loan servicer Navient stating that her $31,730.76 private student loan ...

In one case, the Supreme Court is hearing the government’s appeal of a decision blocking a Biden administration rule that eases the ability for students to receive debt forgiveness if they were ...

Frontline legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Afe Babalola, has forgiven activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Babalola said he decided to forgive Farotimi following the intervention of ...

If you're struggling to pay your bills, you might be able to lower your payments by working with a debt relief company specializing in debt settlement. Unlike debt consolidation, which merges ...

For debt of any kind to be manageable, you need to have a plan to pay it off. That's especially true when high-interest bills threaten to balloon out of control. CNBC Select offers a step-by-step ...

Debt settlement is a form of debt relief that reduces the actual amount of debt you owe. Debt settlement should be carefully considered as you can easily fall for debt settlement scams, and ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Unfortunately, credit card debt does not simply vanish when we are no longer around to pay the bills. Instead, this debt is ...