EXCLUSIVE CASH-strapped Australians burdened by inflated utility bills and soaring credit card debts are flocking to financial help services in record numbers. The National Debt Helpline has been inundated with households in financial distress with latest figures showing in 2017 they received 170,000 calls – the highest ever on record. This is a 12 per…
Kantine Mittagsessen mit Schnitzel und Nudeln auf einem Tablett. × St. Louis schools need help paying off student meal debt Kantine Mittagsessen mit Schnitzel und Nudeln auf einem Tablett. ST. LOUIS Some school districts in the St. Louis area are asking the community to help pay off student meal debt for families who cant afford daily…
Crack open a cold one, student debt holders. Natural Light, better known as “Natty Light,” the cheap beer of choice for college students across the country, wants to help grads pay off their student loans. The beer brand will be giving away $1,000,000 to help 25 lucky drinkers pay off their student debt. In order…
Chris who joined Twitter only in November last year said he did not know any of the people who had helped him. “It was my first time interacting with them and I didn’t believe [they would really help] until the first one deposited” he told TimesLIVE shortly after registering at the institution on Friday morning.…
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The euro zones bailout fund could in the future be at the centre of any restructuring of sovereign debt in the single currency area as part of reforms of the way the zone functions, the head of the fund said on Friday. The main task of the…
How much do you earn? If that question makes you uncomfortable, or if going to see an accountant feels like making a confession, or if you secretly inflated your income on the census to match that of your cashed-up housemates, it’s worth asking: why are money conversations so awkward? Mel Browne, who describes herself as…
Many companies promise to help manage and lower your payments, but some don’t always keep that promise. None AUSTIN – Americans are $1.36 trillion in student loan debt, according to the New York Federal Reserve. The average American carries $32,731 in student loan debt. Many companies promise to help manage and lower your payments, but some…
Whether youve overspent at Christmas, racked up a big bill on a much needed holiday or just have a guilty habit of carrying a balance on your plastic, carrying debt around on your shoulders is never fun. And although figures from the Australian Banking Association recently showed that Aussies have cleared $260 million off our…
More than 2,100 students in the Francis Howell School District together owe almost $19,000 in their school lunch accounts. In the Rockwood School District, students owe about $8,800, but that number climbed as high as $13,000 during the holidays, said Carmen Fischer, director of child nutrition services for the district. Sensitive to the possibility that…
In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Six years ago, Cara and Jesse Nuno could not imagine a debt-free life. The Minnesota couple met at an unemployment office in 2010 and married a…