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‘My girlfriend owes $200,000 in medical and credit-card debt’: She wants me to settle it — by paying a portion of the outstanding amount
Dear Quentin, My girlfriend owes over $200,000 in medical and credit-card debt, but she believes it can be settled for 5% of the total amount if someone else will pay Read more
6 in 10 people with credit-card debt say they’ve owed money for at least a year
Nearly half of all credit-card users say they’re carrying debt each month — and 60% of people with credit-card debt have owed money for at least a year, according to Read more
‘I’m thankful for the dollar store’: Parents are stressed out shopping for clothes during back-to-school season, and struggle with record-high inflation
India Wayman, 40, a stay-at-home mom in North Syracuse, N.Y. says she’s never felt this much stress buying back-to-school clothes for her daughter. “I have to go through too many Read more
CFPB is investigating Goldman Sachs’s credit-card practices
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -0.39% said Thursday that regulators are investigating business practices at its credit card unit. The bank said in a securities filing that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is Read more
Peek Inside the Ritzy Real Estate of the Late Ivana Trump and with Roe v. Wade overturned, Georgia allows pregnant women to claim embryos as dependents — and it may not be the last state to do so
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Fed’s Mary Daly says ‘I don’t feel the pain of inflation anymore’ — here’s the full context of her remarks The San Francisco Read more
Americans’ credit-card debt just had the biggest jump in more than 20 years and here’s why growing up with rich friends can help a child escape poverty
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Americans’ credit-card debt just had the biggest jump in more than 20 years, New York Fed says Americans added $312 billion in debt Read more
Americans’ credit-card debt just had the biggest jump in more than 20 years, New York Fed says
In a sign of the continuing toll from decades-high inflation, Americans loaded an extra $46 billion on their credit cards during the second quarter and their balances saw the sharpest Read more
‘Savings are gonna run out’: Already battered by high inflation, Fed’s rate hike will hit lower-income and rural Americans hard
The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday in an effort to temper the rising costs of consumer goods and services. While economists say raising Read more
What possible credit-card legislation could mean for Visa, Mastercard — and you
Credit-card companies look to be under a political microscope once again as the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that senators are working on a new bill that would target Visa Read more