As the credit card bills pile up and the variable interest rates on your cards climb higher, it's easy to become trapped in a cycle of debt that you can't easily overcome. And, when you add the ...

It's important to know what your rights actually are when you're dealing with aggressive debt collectors.

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 ...

Freedom Debt Relief reports veterans can access various debt relief programs, including grants that don't require repayment, ...

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 ...

In a February 2024 report, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) developed recommendations for the IRS to bolster the results and increase the equity of its private debt collection (PDC) ...

Many Americans are deep in the red. In fact, household debt hit $18.59 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. As people find themselves drowning in ...

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