Youve probably seen the advertisements for services that promise to help get you out of crippling debt and bring an end to the nightmare of frightening calls and bankruptcy threats. The reality is that almost anyone can start one of these debt management firms, with little-to-no financial services experience and no regulatory oversight. And in…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Unum (NYSE:UNM) is offering a new benefit to help its employees tackle student debt. Starting next year, U.S. employees can transfer carry-over paid time off (PTO) into a payment against student debt through the Student Debt Relief Program, managed by financial services provider Fidelity Investments. Click to tweet. Many people face the challenge…
Tomorrow is being billed as D-Day for debt because charities say it is the busiest day of the year for people to seek help with money worries. But its not overspending devastating the lives of thousands of people, it is basic household bills council tax, rent, energy and water. We owe 19BILLION in arrears on…
Express News Service CHANDIGARH: Underscoring the tight financial situation faced by the state, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday sought from the 15th Finance Commission a Special Debt Relief Package along with a one-time package to enable payment of the entire debt of the distressed farmers of Punjab. At a meeting of the fifteenth…
FOR millions of people in debt, it takes a great deal of courage to pick up the phone and confess to a stranger that your finances are in a mess. But the people working at Advice Direct Scotland are ready to listen without judgment, theyve heard every scenario you can imagine. The relief when you…
community, The household finances can look like a bit of a train wreck at this time of year. Even if they dont need urgent resuscitation it is an ideal opportunity to take a little time out to plan a better year in 2019 financially. If life saving action is required the first step is to…
There are several reasons why we borrow money different purposes, different sources, different lenders, ending up to multiple debts and loans we need to pay for either monthly, quarterly or annually, depending on the terms and conditions the loans impose, not to mention varied interest rates on each debt. Most of the times, maintaining a…
Only months after cutting its dividend, Anheuser-Busch InBev found itself under pressure in December from credit-rating agencies warning it was not paying down its $109bn debt mountain fast enough. So the group swung into action, putting together a debt refinancing to pay off $16.5bn of bonds that come due over the next seven years with…
New state office hopes to help Virginians who are loaded down with student debt RICHMOND A new office housed within the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is trying to help people with student loan debt. The state agency has opened the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman to help with problems with…
Debt- whether they are from loans, credit cards, or unpaid bills, can become debilitating and overwhelming. They will steadily worsen your credit until your credit score is so low you cant buy anything of value. It keeps you from purchasing vehicles and obtaining housing. Debt can even threaten your home, since mortgage lenders could foreclose…