2015-11-29
To be in the credit counseling business you have to be a nonprofit. Credit card companies will frequently refuse to set up repayment plans with for-profit debt counselors.
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2015-11-29
The New York Times recently ran a very sad, if extreme and unrepresentative, story of student loan debt. There's lots one can sa
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2015-11-29
The financial wonkosphere just doesn't get it about Glass-Steagall.
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2015-11-27
As detailed in this previous post, the Liquidating Trustee appointed to prosecute pr
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2015-11-27
Complex multi-jurisdictional insolvencies are an inevitable consequence of the increasingly global nature of big business.
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2015-11-26
Forgiving student loan debt for low-income Americans could reduce the racial wealth gap among those households by as much as 50%, according to a new
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2015-11-26
On 1 April 2015, responsibility for consumer credit in the UK transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) to the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”).
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2015-11-25
We are all taking off early to enjoy Thanksgiving with our friends and family and hope all our readers have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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2015-11-25
The Bank for International Settlements acknowledges that people may have legitimate reasons to prefer an anonymous payment system.
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2015-11-25
For most of us Thanksgiving Week brings the smell of turkey roasting in the oven, time away from work and school, family gatherings and, of course, football!
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2015-11-25
There is no shortage of opinions about payday loans. But the same cannot be said for hard research, which is needed before regulators write new rules for the industry.
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2015-11-25
Editor's note: Morning Scan will not publish on Thursday, Nov. 26 or Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We'll be back on Monday, Nov. 30. Wall Street Journal
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2015-11-24
As the CFPB and Department of Education and others struggle with how best to provide effective help to at risk student loan borrowers, here is one example of a program that provided these services.
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2015-11-24
This week, we continue our series on frequently asked questions regarding bankruptcy. For this post, we are taking a look at the filing process. Many questions arise during the Walworth County bankruptcy filing process.
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2015-11-24
By Michelle HigginsAfter renting a one-bedroom for seven years, Catherine and Peter Bertazzoni had saved enough for a down payment and were ready to buy their first apartment together.
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2015-11-24
Here at Shenwick & Associates, the magic word for our debtor bankruptcy clients (we represent creditors, too) is "discharge." When a debt is
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2015-11-24
The Supreme Court’s decision in Till v.
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2015-11-24
The rapid growth of competition from nonbanks has the potential to hit community banks harder than the mortgage meltdown.
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