Personal loans

Student loan interest resumes Sept. 1. What that means for subsidized vs. unsubsidized debt

Interest will start accumulating on student loans again starting Sept. 1, following a pause on interest accrual that has lasted…

How much do weddings cost? This one in Las Vegas is just $15

They say love doesn’t cost a thing. But that certainly isn’t true of weddings. In 2022, couples in the United…

Credit card balances jumped in the second quarter and are above $1 trillion for the first time

Americans increasingly turned to their credit cards to make ends meet heading into the summer, sending aggregate balances over $1…

15 years of low interest rates reshaped the U.S. economy. Here’s what’s changing as rates stay higher for longer

The United States is entering a new economic era as the Federal Reserve has been hiking its benchmark interest rate.…

When student debt payments restart, your loan type will make a big difference

The looming end of a pandemic-era pause to student loan payments and interest puts a spotlight on a big difference…

Is Biden’s $39 billion student loan forgiveness action legal? ‘Be assured it’s going to stay,’ says expert

The Biden administration Friday said it would forgive $39 billion of student debt for 804,000 borrowers, many of whom may…

As student loan payments restart, can employers be a firewall for borrowers? Some groups hope so

As Americans with student loan debt brace for their monthly payments to restart and recover from the recent sting of…

How many credit cards should you have? The answer isn’t zero, say experts

Who’d think a little plastic rectangle could be associated with so much mystery and angst? When it comes to credit…