Debt can become a significant burden on one's financial well-being, causing stress and hindering the pursuit of long-term goals. But despite the many downsides of taking on too much debt, many people ...

As the credit card bills pile up and the variable interest rates on your cards climb higher, it's easy to become trapped in a cycle of debt that you can't easily overcome. And, when you add the ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Thursday that it will immediately resume debt collection activities through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) that had been paused since 2020. The ...

The U.S. Department of Education is resuming wage garnishment for borrowers in default on their federal student loans, ...

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A borrower is in default after an extended period without making payments and failing to restore the loan to good standing.

An ongoing effort to wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for Wayne County residents has made a discovery some may find surprising. Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the ...