2025 has brought significant turmoil to global markets, and consumer debt and financial stress are on the rise. Understanding proper debt load is an integral part of managing personal finances. Still, ...

Debt collection scams can be one of the most frightening and persistent scam types. Victims often report that scammers harass them or their family members for weeks or even months, both at home and at ...

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against seven companies and three individuals operating the "Accelerated Debt" program that falsely claimed to reduce consumers' debt by as ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit against Freedom Debt Relief, the largest U.S. debt-settlement services provider, and its ...

Every over-indebted South African might be asking the same question: What’s the easiest, cheapest, and quickest way to become debt-free? “Debt counsellors have been trying to answer this question for ...

Just seven months after graduating from business school, I made the final payment on my $72,000 student loan balance. It wasn’t easy — it took extra hustle, long days and sacrifice — but I wouldn’t ...

Congratulations! Becoming debt-free is a game-changer. Making that last payment on credit cards, student loans or whatever debt burden you carried must have been a huge weight off your shoulders.

SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Freedom Debt Relief, one of the nation's largest debt settlement companies, has earned multiple top honors in 2025, solidifying its standing as one of ...

Although the cost of living in Georgia is about 5.5% lower than the national average, many people in the state are struggling with debt. In 2024, the median income in Georgia was about $80,000. And ...

Overall debt levels in Massachusetts have been fairly steady for the past 15 years, declining just $586 from 2023 to 2024 for a total of $76,400 average per resident, according to the Federal Reserve ...