Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Debt forgiveness can be a smart strategy to use, but for some borrowers, it creates more problems than it solves.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. The Department of Education agreed last week to restart ...

The Trump administration is changing many of the ways borrowers can have their student loans discharged.

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to exclude nonprofits that he says engage in “the subsidization of illegal activities” from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The ...

Being hurt by others is common and can be deeply painful. How we respond can affect our individual and collective well-being. Which raises the question of forgiveness. In the last few decades, ...

Here’s what borrowers should know about this critical deadline to consolidate your student loans, who it applies to, and what happens if you miss it.

Credit cards have always been an expensive way to borrow thanks to the high rates, compounding interest charges and extra fees they come with — and this type of debt is only getting pricier. With ...