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The latest lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education involves an educator who expected student loan forgiveness, but never received it. Here's how to ...

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Government-backed home loans can help people buy a house with no money down, but of course, there are some trade-offs.

A growing number of money managers are embracing a new strategy designed to benefit from volatility in junk-rated corporate loans, a sign of building worries ...

Operating out of a Chicago suburb, in a low-slung, red-brick building wedged between a Hyatt and a Radisson, Clover Technologies is in the mundane business ...

The trading division of China's biggest food company signed a $2.1 billion loan that links all of its main financing lines to environmental targets.

Omani plastics packaging manufacturer OCTAL has secured $625 million in banking facilities, it said on Tuesday, after pulling last year a planned $300 million ...

An educator thought she was on track to receive student loan forgiveness. She made the payments. She thought she did everything right. Then, she was told ...

European banks have cleared nearly half of the toxic loans off their balance sheets since emerging from a debilitating debt crisis. The only trouble: A chunk of ...

LANSING, MI – Men from Vermont and Florida have been charged for a racketeering scheme in which they used 190 illegal vehicle loans to steal $258,000 from ...

Record high tuition prices have forced an increase in student loans across the US. WalletHub compared all 50 states and saw which ones fare the worst.

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.

Wells Fargo results topped expectations on both the top and bottom lines.

Ohio agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) physical loss loans.

The federal government made them a promise that if they worked hard and made their payments on time for ten years, then the rest of their student loans would ...

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc won a 500 million-pound ($626 million) loan guarantee from the U.K. government, just over a week after announcing a new ...

CHARLESTON – A Charleston man has filed suit against several financial institutions over allegations his mortgage loans are illegal.

Siam Commercial Bank Pcl expects digital lending to retail customers to climb almost eight-fold this year as Thailand's biggest lender accelerates its online drive ...

Elisha Bokman has been out of school for eight years. Still, her student loan balance is half a million dollars. Today, for her doctorate degree in naturopathic ...

Because of the extreme weather, the Ohio treasurer is reopening the application period for the Ag-LINK program, an interest rate reduction program for ...

It's clear we have a massive student loan debt problem in our country, but the news isn't all bad. Student loans can be an equalizer. They provide opportunity.

Some borrowers default on their student loans at much higher rates than others — and they're not the borrowers with the highest debt.

One of the biggest U.S. teachers unions is suing the Department of Education, alleging a loan forgiveness program for millions of public *service* workers violates ...

Eight public school teachers filed a lawsuit against Betsy DeVos, criticizing the Department of Education for mismanaging their student loan debt.

Nearly half of China's credit is hidden; much of it goes to vulnerable borrowers.

While it's easy to assume any student debts you have will die if you do, that's not always the case. Sure, it's absolutely true that most federal student loans die ...

Modest loan growth and surge in fee income are expected to drive BB&T's (BBT) Q2 earnings. However, expenses are expected to increase slightly.

Online lenders are issuing up to four times as many loans for weddings, according to The Washington Post.

Those struggling to pay student loans continue to be targeted by bad actors who charge costly fees and don't live up to promises of loan forgiveness.

With summer in full swing and the kids out of school, it's a good time to consider a move. Homeownership lets you put down roots and avoid the high — and ...

Nearly half of China's credit is hidden, and much of it goes to vulnerable borrowers.

JOB ALERT, In these times of low unemployment, employers are using every trick in the book to lure potential new hires and the stakes are getting.

A federal judge has allowed Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. to repossess 90 vehicles valued at $2.8 million from a dealership the captive sued for defaulting on.

The vote to stop blocking military veterans from home loans over their cannabis industry work is just the latest cannabis victory in Congress.

A new study looks at how to make sure you stay out of the red.

Warren, who helped create the federal agency that oversees student loan servicers, wants to let Massachusetts institute its own laws to govern the industry.

As of this year, Americans owe a whopping $1.6 trillion in student loan debt—a burden collectively shouldered by 45 million borrowers. Democratic candidates ...

Lendable, a British personal loan start-up, has struck a £200m deal with Goldman Sachs in a sign of investor confidence in the UK despite the growing prospect ...

Shares of WSFS Financial Corp. dropped more than 4 percent in morning trading, slipping below $40 for the first time in a month, after the bank, the biggest ...

Here are 5 key questions about the student loan forgiveness proposals from Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

A home equity loan is a type of secured loan. Your home and the equity you've built up in it (by making a down payment and mortgage payments) is used as ...

"These calls, or texts, or emails, they are promising to eradicate your student loans. If you are sitting there with $30000 worth of loans, that is going to catch your ...

Debtors with student loans feel more financially insecure, engage in riskier money behaviors and have more trouble paying bills.

Financial technology companies are offering innovative approaches to student loan repayment, but borrowers should first do careful research.

Karl Swiger couldn't believe how his 20-something daughter somehow borrowed $1,200 online and got stuck with an annual interest rate of roughly 350%.

The non-performing assets (NPAs) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has seen a 142% jump in the ...

The Federal Reserve seems poised to cut rates for the first time in a decade. How would a cut affect your credit cards, home equity lines, savings.

Total student loan forgiveness proposals have the potential to create moral hazards for both current and future students, as well as existing student loan ...

Nearly 34,000 disabled veterans who haven't paid back their federal student loans could see that debt automatically erased under bipartisan legislation ...

In this series, NerdWallet interviews people who have triumphed over debt. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.

Here's how much $30000 in unsubsidized federal student loans would cost under different plans at the 2019-2020 undergraduate rate of 4.53 percent.

Nigeria's central bank first tried to induce lenders into giving more credit through incentives such as discounted capital. That didn't work. Now, it is reaching for ...

Rep. Chris Collins has seen fundraising dwindle as he fights federal insider trading charges.

Playing a game to pay off your student loan debt — well, there's an app for that. It's called “ Givling ” and applies crowdfunding to paying off student loan debt for ...

Beto O'Rourke says all student loan debt for public school teachers should be forgiven. Here's what you need to know. Proposal: Forgive all student loan debt for ...

Fewer young people are buying houses than their parents and grandparents did at the same age. And for many, student loan debt might be to blame. In its 2019 ...

JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon called student lending in the U.S. a "disgrace" and said "it's hurting America." Here's what you need to know - and ...

Funds that specialize in buying junk-rated corporate loans have recorded net outflows for 33 consecutive weeks, a record streak that highlights the diminished ...

Skyler Ramirez has a loan for his house, his car — and now his fiancee's engagement ring. The 26-year-old had already picked out the diamond solitaire from ...

Markets rarely give second chances. But investors who suffered through the fourth-quarter downturn in leveraged loans can reposition their portfolios and sell at ...

The CEO of a now-shuttered credit union was charged Thursday with accepting bribes from a taxi mogul in exchange for refinancing over $60 million in loans ...

It's one of the rules of electoral success: advocate policies that concentrate the benefits on an easy-to-identify interest group (preferably one that is sympathetic in ...

Shannon Liss-Riordan, the Brookline labor attorney challenging US Senator Edward J. Markey in next year's primary, has loaned her campaign $1 million for ...

California has launched a program that will repay young doctors' medical school loans if they agree to carry a caseload 30% of which consists of patients on ...

Rohit Arora got his entrepreneurial hustle growing up in India. His startup now funds thousands of other small businesses.

As student debt continues to rise, borrowers often are desperate to find some way, any way, to relieve the burden. And scammers are only too happy to help.

The very student debt that's taken on to allow someone to pursue their ambitions later morphs into a burden that requires them to ditch those plans.

(GREENE COUNTY) – Small business loans are available for those with damages from the June tornado, says Roger Axe, Director of Greene County ...

With the average student loan debt for the class of 2018 reaching $29800, it can be difficult for many young workers to set aside money for a far-off retirement ...

'Are these major red flags or is it just a matter of financial literacy?'

Last month, President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to back loans that exceed the conforming loan limit.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee put a renewed focus in a hearing Tuesday on whether student borrowers should have access to bankruptcy relief.

Move part of the cash-strapped mortgage lender's resolution plan to kick-start its lending business.

Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday proposed canceling all $1.6 trillion of outstanding student loan debt in the United States, one-upping a rival for the ...

The higher college costs, spurred by student loans, have discouraged low-income people from attending college more than middle-class or wealthy people.

HILO — The Hawaii County Council on Tuesday joined Maui and Kauai in backing Gov. David Ige's request that Bank of America return to the table to discuss a ...

Without action by Congress, the IRS considers student loans that are discharged as income and expects you to pay taxes on it.

Aida's beloved Gerald has been gone 39 years, but the dress, a work of fine craftsmanship, is still weightless and beautiful.

Guess how much the CEO of your student loan servicer made last year? It's a lot.

Doctors promising to take on more patients covered by Medi-Cal will get their student loans paid off by the state.

Kabbage, the AI-based small business loans platform backed by SoftBank and others, is adding more firepower to its lending machine: the Atlanta-based startup ...

The people who need -- and deserve -- loan forgiveness are the people who took out loans to go to college yet never graduated, write Jay Urwitz, former deputy ...

Millions of people are paying back student loans for a degree they never got. If this sounds like you, we want to hear about your experiences.

Farmers whose planting season was cut short by this spring's wet weather could be eligible for low-interest loans under legislation signed Monday afternoon.

It was supposed to be a boon for social workers, police officers and charity workers—a federal program that would forgive the student debts of anyone who ...

Freddie Mac is joining the renovation loan space. While the Federal Housing Administration and Fannie Mae have had programs that allow borrowers to wrap ...

To attract and retain millennial hires, employers are offering to help pay their student loans.

Partnering with a fin-tech company that's tied to Navient sure doesn't help.

SumUp Inc., a six-year-old electronic payments startup, secured a 330 million-euro ($371 million) loan, backed by Bain Capital Credit, Goldman Sachs Private ...

President Donald Trump speaks to supporters as he formally announced his 2020 re-election bid Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. Photo credit: ...

Huge loans are being originated on the ethereum blockchain as we speak. Today, the fifth-largest loan position in the MakerDAO system minted 1 million new ...

When you defer student loans, you agree with your lender to put your payments on pause for a set period of time while remaining in good standing.

A report from WalletHub published Wednesday found that Utah has the lowest burden of student loan debt, while South Dakota has the highest.

Farmers have seen their net income plummet by half since 2013 and are now expected to hold nearly $427 billion in debt this year.

If you have ever been broke to the point where you can't even afford lunch and you have ran out of people to ask for money, then you might be in luck.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered yet another proposal this week to create a massive, multitrillion-dollar new government ...

Debt-saddled Americans are giving rise to a new industry of financial tech companies: Those that provide loans for cash-strapped couples to pay for their ...

A university education won't come cheap, but you may be entitled to more help than you thought.

Tuesday, July 09, 2019. Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is calling for wiping out all outstanding student loans, and just over half of his fellow Democrats like ...

This week, Indiana's Uniform Consumer Credit Code will be amended to exempt state higher-education institutions from having to comply with key consumer ...