In today’s dynamic financial environment, lending businesses are under growing pressure. Rising delinquency rates, shifting customer expectations, and economic volatility are making traditional, ...

Debt collectors rarely disappear on their own. Old balances can be sold, resold, and pursued in different ways for years, ...

Debt collection is a legitimate business — when done legally. But too often, debt collectors choose to push the boundaries, especially when they assume the person on the other end of the line isn't ...

Credit card, mortgage and other debt balances are on the rise, thanks in part to a combination of inflation and high interest rates. Credit card balances were particularly affected, increasing by 5.8% ...

I am downgrading Strategy from buy to a hold due to concerns about its increasingly leveraged balance sheet and new preferred stock issuances. Recent preferred stock offerings introduce significant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. True Tamplin is on a mission to bring financial literacy into schools. Debt is a widespread problem in the United States, with ...

Here’s a common scenario: you’ve got multiple debts — credit cards, personal loans, maybe even an auto loan — and their interest rates and balances are piling up. Figuring out how to lift that ...

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit, total U.S. household debt rose to $18.04 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2024. The average ...