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They Missed Student Loan Payments. Years Later, They’re Stuck in Credit Hell.
Thanks to a mysterious 1986 law, credit reporting on student loans is mandatory. For millions of Americans, that’s meant financial disaster.
Alert: Your Student Loan Repayments Are Going Up by £110 a Year
Here's what that means for university students and graduates.
Cryptocurrency Loan Platform Implodes In $130 Million Hack
This is the third time C.R.E.A.M. Finance has been hacked this year.
People Are Taking Out Loans Against Their NFTs—And Defaulting
The endless search for profit is spawning increasingly ridiculous schemes centered on the financialization of NFTs.
Coinbase Goes Nuclear After SEC Threatens to Sue Over Crypto Loans
The SEC has reportedly blocked the launch of a service where customers can earn interest by lending out crypto in a blow to the emerging industry.
Your Student Loan Payments Are on Hold. Here’s How to Plan for When Those Bills Come Due.
Payments on federally-owned student loans have been paused...but not forever.
Dive Bars Need PPP Loans to Survive—But Big Chains Sucked the Fund Dry
Corporations took millions from a program designed to help small businesses. Without that money, dives across the country are at risk of closing permanently.
How Banks and Lenders Are Helping Workers Affected by the Government Shutdown
Many federal workers aren't getting paid. Here’s how some banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions are helping them out.
Betsy DeVos is canceling 15,000 students' debt after trying to avoid it for a year
In total, they have $150 million in student loan debt.
Millennials in China Are Using Nudes to Secure Loans
Money lenders offering services like Afterpay are demanding that customers send naked selfies as collateral.
The Radical Economics of Lending Your Friends Money
Lending circles have allowed poor people to pool resources in cultures around the world. So why aren't they more used in the US?