The Pasadena-based financial institution will be paying off the smaller, consumer debts of families in Altadena and the ...

As the credit card bills pile up and the variable interest rates on your cards climb higher, it's easy to become trapped in a cycle of debt that you can't easily overcome. And, when you add the ...

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 ...

The math is brutal. At an average interest rate of 22%, all it takes is a revolving credit card balance of a few thousand dollars to find yourself in serious trouble, especially as the interest ...

Senior tax debt can feel like a heavy burden, especially when you're on a fixed income. Fortunately, the IRS offers several ways to reduce or even eliminate what you owe. Here is how seniors can use ...

Knowing the timeline between charge-offs and collections can help you take action before the issue gets worse.

An ongoing effort to wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for Wayne County residents has made a discovery some may find surprising. Those most in need of medical debt relief were not the ...

A bipartisan group of state legislators have re-introduced a proposal to create a medical debt relief program that could erase hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills. But if a similar ...

If you’re eligible, it could be wiped out. And you won’t even know about it until after it’s done. It’s all part of a year-old program where Gov. Katie Hobbs set aside $10 million in COVID funds to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: The headquarters of the Department of Education are shown March 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will reduce its staff by ...