The Character of Bronze Age Debt That Made Royal Clean Slates Necessary The dynamics of interest-bearing debt are different from those of tribal gift exchange and related reciprocity obligations.

To qualify for credit card debt forgiveness, seniors will need to have approximately $5,000 to $10,000 worth of credit card debt, already be behind on their monthly payments and be able to ...

The US Department of Education has halted the cancellation of student loans in Income-Based Repayment plans, prompting ...

Debt jubilees have been around for a long, long time, since, in all probability, Bronze Age Sumer, a civilization located in the south of modern-day Iraq, in around 2300 b.c. Sumerian lending was ...

If you aren't paying off what you owe in full, your credit card debt can be a persistent burden — one that grows heavier with each passing month. And, that's even more true now that the average ...

Personal loan debt forgiveness isn't common — but in some cases, relief is possible. Here's what to know. Personal loan debt forgiveness isn't common — but in some cases, relief is possible.

So, if you have $20,000 in credit card debt and you enroll in debt forgiveness, there's a good chance the company you hire can drop what you owe by $6,000 to $10,000, leaving you with a remaining ...

There are 2.8 million federal student loan borrowers age 62 and older with a total of $121.5 billion in debt, more than 726,300 of them over the age of 71, according to the Education Department.

In October, the department said the Biden administration approved additional forgiveness, bringing the total relief to $175 billion in student debt relief for nearly 5 million borrowers. Some are ...

The loan forgiveness comes after past mishandling of income-driven repayment plans, which were designed for low-income borrowers. The move will erase $39 billion in federal student loan debt.

35-year-old was 29 months away from getting her $247,804 student debt forgiven. Now she's stuck. Here’s what to know about the current challenges to federal student loan forgiveness and what you ...