The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is on a mission to protect consumers from illegal medical debt collection practices. It issued advisories in October identifying illegal practices and ...

Germany prides itself on providing a generous welfare state — free universities, universal healthcare and promises of protection from life’s hardest blows are a key part of its contemporary identity, ...

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ...

The cost of living has risen sharply in recent years, and so have financial stress levels. Recent data shows that three of four Americans today are anxious about their financial situations, and among ...

Despite Texas’ reputation for affordability, its major cities lead the nation in non-mortgage debt, with Austin residents owing an average of $45,920, according to a LendingTree study. The study, ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As inflation continues to hit families across the U.S., a new survey has revealed that credit card debt is a growing ...

Financial guru Dave Ramsey advised a 27-year-old caller struggling with debt and homelessness that bankruptcy would not solve his problems, emphasizing the importance of stability and personal ...