Jill A. Chafin is a personal finance writer specializing in transforming tough financial topics into easy-to-understand content with actionable steps. Prior to her role at Forbes Advisor, she wrote ...

When bills start to pile up, and minimum payments no longer feel manageable, many people search for a “debt relief program.” The term can refer to several different approaches. Each type of debt ...

Frankfort families aren’t just juggling basketball schedules and recycling pick-up days—they’re juggling debt. U.S. credit-card balances swelled to a record $1.13 trillion in Q3 2025. With interest ...

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A provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free expired in 2025. A new report shows the higher tax bills borrowers ...

The Association for Consumer Debt Relief (ACDR) today announced the release of a new study by EY, Debt Settlement Program Outcomes, 2016–2025, the largest analysis ever conducted of the debt ...

We reviewed nearly 20 debt relief companies, looking at costs, transparency, breadth of services provided, customer support and reputation.