Using your tax refund to pay off debt could sense — but only in certain cases. Getty Images More and more Americans are finding themselves stuck dealing with collection debt. According to a recent study from TransUnion, more than half of all debt collectors saw their number of accounts “increase or increase significantly” over the…
Published on April 16, 2025 District 9 Councilmember Announces Medical Debt Relief Program for San Antonians SAN ANTONIO (April 16, 2025) — Today, District 9 Councilmember John Courage announced a groundbreaking partnership between the City of San Antonio and Undue Medical Debt, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to erasing burdensome medical debt for those who…
Today the Albanese Government has passed legislation through the House of Representatives to cut the student debt of more than three million Australians. The legislation will wipe around $3 billion in student debt from workers and students across the country. The Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 which caps the HELP indexation…
For many countries, climate change is likely to lower growth and increase the frequency of natural disasters. This will strain public finances from both the revenue and expenditure sides, which will in turn lead to fears of defaults and thus raise government borrowing costs, adding more strain (Dibley et al, 2021; Zenios, 2022). How likely is…
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Bazian said Canadians’ net personal debt rating (positive minus negative) rebounded 14 points from last quarter’s all-time low. The proportion of Canadians just $200 or less from insolvency dropped to 43 percent (-7 points), while those already insolvent declined to 26 percent (-9 points). Still, “four in ten Canadians report being on the brink…
VanEck’s head of research has pitched a new type of US Treasury bond partially backed by Bitcoin to help refinance $14 trillion in US debt. Matthew Sigel pitched the concept of “BitBonds” — US Treasury bonds with exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) — at the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Summit 2025 on April 15. The new 10-year…
16 April 2025 | | Myra Knoesen Your browser does not support the audio element. Since the implementation of South Africa’s Two Pot System on September 1, 2024, there has been considerable discussion about how pension fund members are using their withdrawal funds. With R43.4 billion claimed under the Two Pot System from September 2024…
Mansfield Building Society has made a series of positive criteria changes to support borrowers and widen access to its range of mortgage products. The Society has returned its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for debt consolidation to 90% with the criteria designed to open up more opportunity for homeowners looking to manage their finances through remortgaging. Gifted…