While filing for bankruptcy can help you get rid of your expensive debt, not everyone qualifies for this type of relief. Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of Americans file for bankruptcy each year to seek relief from their overwhelming financial burdens, whether they’re dealing with high-rate credit card debt, medical bills, unsustainable personal or student…
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Teachers, nurses and other eligible public servants enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could see their student loan balances wiped out after 10 years in their field and 120 qualifying monthly loan payments. If you were due to receive debt relief last year or expected to hit the 120-payment mark this year, a new program…
Mark Cuban believes he has a creative way to help the United States pay down its national debt, and you’ll never guess what the Shark Tank star has come up with: a meme coin. Inspired by the rapid success of Donald Trump’s $TRUMP coin, Cuban revealed the makings of his plan Monday on X. With…
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DUBAI: The international community must devise ways to help nations in the developing world out of the global debt crisis and safeguard societies from the long-term effects of economic stagnation. This was the message from a panel of experts during a discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos on Tuesday. Amid global…
(TNND) — More Americans sought help with their mounting debt last year, according to one of the country’s largest nonprofit credit counseling agencies. Money Management International saw a 35% increase in new clients seeking financial counseling, according to just-released 2024 figures. And the growing need for financial counseling was driven by young adults. MMI saw…
Prominent attorney Tom Goldstein, co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog, was indicted Thursday on charges of fraud involving tens of millions of dollars in poker debt and creating phony jobs at his law firm to pay for travel and other expenses for several women. Goldstein, as the sole owner of the firm Goldstein & Russell PC,…
Evanston stands near the top of a list of peer communities in the amount of outstanding debt the city is carrying. Nonetheless, even with the city increasing its debt payments between 2013 and 2023, the city isn’t keeping pace with an inflation index — nor with its growing capital needs, staff told a city committee…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun sending more than $5 million in refunds to consumers who were harmed by a deceptive credit card debt relief scheme. The funds in this distribution came from ACRO Services, which operated under multiple names and ran the scheme, and BlueSnap, which provided payment processing services and profited from…