After an initial evaluation, a counselor will advise you on the best course of action to tackle your debt, whether you need general personal finance advice, bankruptcy counseling or something else.

Borrowers who struggle with high-interest debt often turn to personal loans to help pay it off, but without a change in habits debt can become a cycle.

Credit card debt this year is at an all-time high, and more and more cash-strapped consumers add to those numbers every month. If you are getting deeper and deeper in debt on your credit cards, you ...

Americans now owe nearly $5 trillion in non-housing debt, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a sum that’s increased more than 60% over the past decade. As our debt has grown, so has ...

Many Americans—about half—carry credit card debt from month to month, and about 53 percent of them have been in debt for more than a year, according to a survey by Bankrate.com. Households with credit ...

Debt relief programs can help struggling borrowers, but each option comes with different eligibility rules to know.

If you are looking for professional help with your money, it helps to know the difference between a financial counselor and a financial advisor. These two roles sound similar but they focus on ...

Debt collectors can't drain your account without a court order, but once they have one, the rules may surprise you.

As debt relief scams become more sophisticated, it's easier than ever to fall for one. Watch out for these 7 debt relief ...

Nearly half of all Americans have credit card debt. And more than half of all Americans say they use AI regularly. Which gives me an idea! What if AI could help you tackle credit card debt? Credit ...

As a debt counselor, Lonnie Mathews knows all the awful statistics: 1.5 million U.S. households declared bankruptcy in 2001, 62 percent of bankruptcies result from credit-card debt and 48 percent of ...

YORK, Pa. — If you're struggling with debt, you're far from alone. A growing number of Pennsylvanians are turning to professional debt counseling services for help managing their financial burdens, ...