The Internet Is Probably Telling You That Filing A Specific Privacy Complaint Can Wipe Out Your Student Loans. Here's What You Need To Know
It seems like suddenly everyone is an "expert" on FERPA, an obscure privacy law that most of us had never heard of a week ago ...
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
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Organizations sue Trump administration to prevent closure of consumer watchdog agency
Organizations are suing the Trump administration to prevent closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration ...
My daughter bought a $350,000 home and took out $20,000 in personal loans. She's fallen behind on payments. What now?
My daughter bought a home for roughly $350,000 then took out two loans for $20,000. I've heard debt consolidation is a bad thing to do, but this might be her best option as she can't make all of the ...
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New York ranks 7th in U.S. for rising consumer debt
The report, based on WalletHub’s proprietary data, examines trends in credit card, auto loan, and personal loan debt across the U.S. In New York, the average credit card balance surged by 3.66% to ...
Will Student Loans Be Cancelled If Trump Shuts Down Education Department?
Could borrowers see their debts wiped out if the DOE ceases to exist, or would they simply find themselves under new ...
NY Fed finds rising consumer debt amid some fraying for car loans
Overall debt levels held by Americans rose modestly in the final quarter of last year on a healthy consumer sector, even as ...
Student Loan Payments Could Soar By $200 A Month, On Average
An overhaul of the federal student loan system proposed by House Republicans could push monthly student loan payments up by ...
Consumer debt delinquency is rising
Researchers from the New York Fed said auto loans are a major stressor for consumers. The rate of auto loans that ...
Elizabeth Warren has grave concerns about Elon Musk gutting her consumer watchdog
About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers ...