Household debt just hit a new all-time high. Here's how to slash your high-rate card balances before they spiral.

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

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 ...

Josh Stein speaks at a podium labeled “Erasing Medical Debt” beside a screen that reads "$6.5 billion in debt erased for more than 2.5 million people." North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on ...

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 ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt – the total amount of money owed its creditors and other financial obligations – hit a record high of more than $38 trillion on Oct. 22, the Treasury ...

Tax experts warn that relocating won't stop the IRS from collecting on unpaid taxes - and could even make matters worse.

Consumer debt is at record-high levels, and the number of Americans behind on their credit card payments is also on the rise.

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 ...