With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who ...

Good debt can increase your net worth and build in value over time. Bad debt is money spent on items that lose their value. Balancing good and bad debt is important to your financial wellbeing. While ...

Wondering if your debt load is too high? Here's how to gauge it — and what else you should keep in mind right now.

LendingTree’s study involved analyzing around 400,000 credit reports of users in July through September for 2024 and 2025, ...

Debt is often discussed in negative terms, but debt isn’t just good or bad. It falls on a spectrum, and how you manage it plays a big role in how it impacts your finances. Bad debt is usually ...

A charge-off is when a lender writes off your account as a loss and closes the account for further use. You are still legally responsible for the balance that is charged off. The lender may transfer ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported U.S. household debt increased to $17.5 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2023. Credit card debt, mortgages and auto loans led to those debt figures. But ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. If you’re a business owner extending credit to customers, then you’ve likely had an experience with bad debt or will at some ...

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Meredith Mangan is a senior editor and expert on personal loans. Fox Money is a personal finance hub featuring content generated by Credible Operations, Inc. (Credible), which is majority-owned ...