Disputing collections debt can protect your credit, but only if you know when it actually makes sense to do so.

When debt piles up, it can start to feel like there's no way out. After all, credit card minimum payments barely chip away at your balances, the interest charges keep climbing, and if you're behind on ...

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

Dealing with delinquent tax debt may be one of the most stressful financial challenges a person can encounter. After all, between the mounting penalties, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) notices and ...

You may have options if a debt settlement no longer feels right, but the timing, paperwork and payments matter.

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It’s the little expenses that add up, like buying new clothes, shoes, pots and pans or paying for Uber rides. For the 13,000 households without a home in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...