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• Your federal student loan is about to cost you more

  1:31 PM ET Thu, 10 May 2018

  If you plan to borrow federal student loans for the next academic year, expect a higher interest rate. This is how much more your monthly loan payments will be down the road.

• How student loans are stopping millennials from buying houses

  8:55 AM ET Fri, 20 April 2018

  The $1.4 trillion in student loans Americans owe is making it increasingly difficult for them to become homeowners.

• Signing your name after a meal could soon be a thing of the past

  10:32 AM ET Tue, 3 April 2018

  Pen and paper are no longer be the final course of your dining experience. Here's what you need to know as restaurants move away from requiring your signature.

• How to lower your credit card costs before the Fed starts hiking rates

  2:06 PM ET Tue, 20 March 2018

  Carrying a balance on your credit card is about to get more costly.

• Why the tax law might make your car payments go up

  9:20 AM ET Fri, 16 March 2018

  The United States just started another epic borrowing binge. And if you borrow money you could end up paying the price. NYT reports.

• Senate banking bill could help students saddled with debt

  3:46 PM ET Thu, 8 March 2018

  New legislation could be good news for private student loan borrowers, particularly if you have a co-signer.

• This is how your friends and family members are ruining your credit

  4:11 PM ET Thu, 8 March 2018

  If you let a friend or family member borrow your plastic, new survey results show you're taking a 1 in 3 chance of getting burned.

• Here's another reason to think twice before using your debit card

  5:58 PM ET Tue, 6 March 2018

  Thieves are boosting efforts to get your debit card. Here's how to keep your information — and your bank balances — out of their hands.

• As home prices soar, buyers turn to riskier mortgages

  1:35 PM ET Thu, 1 March 2018

  If you're considering an adjustable rate mortgage, make sure you know when your interest rate could change and by how much.

• Having this much credit card debt could crush your dating prospects

  2:55 PM ET Fri, 2 March 2018

  More than 3 in 4 Americans consider too much credit card debt a reason to end a significant relationship.

• 50 percent of adults have not checked their credit despite Equifax breach

  12:57 PM ET Thu, 1 March 2018

  Just because your accounts apparently have not been compromised does not mean it can't still happen.

• To knock out debt faster, it's time to reassess your payoff plan

  11:00 AM ET Mon, 29 Jan 2018

  Tax code changes and rising interest rates may mean debts like home equity lines of credit should take higher repayment priority.

• 4 steps to help you kick your bad debt habits for good

  11:35 AM ET Thu, 25 Jan 2018

  Keep these items in mind when determining how to decide which balances to pay off.

• Seeing red: Credit card balances hit an average $6,375

  9:54 AM ET Tue, 23 Jan 2018

  Card debt hit a record high, while credit scores reached their highest point in a decade, as consumers loosen the purse strings.

• Student loan nightmare: Some borrowers have to start over

  11:40 AM ET Fri, 12 Jan 2018

  Some people in public service jobs who believe they're on the path to loan forgiveness actually don't qualify.

• If you have debt, avoid this big mistake many borrowers make

  8:32 AM ET Thu, 21 Dec 2017

  Roughly 4 in 5 Americans are in debt, yet more than a quarter of them don't have a plan to eliminate it.