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April Lewis-Parks, Consolidated Credit's Director of Financial Education, loves hearing from clients -- especially when they've learned to pay down their credit card debt.
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Student Loan Tips: Preparing for Graduation and Repayment
Are you ready to pay your student loans back? Check out these student loan tips to avoid high-interest debt later.
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What is Inflation and How Can You Get Ahead of Rising Costs?
Keeping up with rising prices on a tight budget is stressful. We explain the reason for rising costs and ways you can combat inflation.
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What’s the Best Debt Solution for You?
Sign up for a free webinar about choosing the best debt relief solution for you. Then discover a few different ways you can be debt-free.
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Bring America Back: Setting a Financial Recovery Plan
Consolidated Credit is helping Bring America Back with free credit counseling. Customize a recovery plan to pay off debt with no initial account setup fees.
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Veterans to Qualify Automatically for Permanent Disability Student Loan Forgiveness
Veterans will now qualify automatically for permanent disability student loan forgiveness, as well as tax exemption on the discharged debt. Learn more here.
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Is Your Debt-to-Income Ratio Telling You It’s Time to Get Debt Help?
Debt-to-income ratio is a tool that lenders use to assess your debt, but it can also clue you into knowing when it’s time to get debt help. Learn how here.
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Millennials’ Biggest Source of Debt Might Surprise You
You might think that most Millennials struggle the most with student loans, but a new study reveals that their biggest source of debt is credit cards.
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Are You on a Yo-Yo Diet of Debt Repayment?
Americans paid off $40.6 billion of debt in the first quarter but added $30 billion back in the next. Are you on a yo-yo diet of credit card debt repayment?
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What States Can Revoke Professional Licenses for Defaulted Student Loans?
A Texas teacher lost his dream job as a teacher after he defaulted, and Texas isn’t the only state that does this. We detail what states can revoke professional licenses for defaulted student loans.
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Dealing with Medical Debt Collections and Accident Liens
If you took a trip to the emergency room after an accident, you might be surprised to learn you have a lien that gives the hospital a right to part of any claim you receive. It’s one way hospitals ensure they collect on your medical bills. We explain how to get out of medical debt collections.
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Big Changes Coming to Credit Cards Offering 0 Interest on Balance Transfers
As consumer debt levels continue to break records, driven by credit card debt, many households may turn to balance transfer credit cards to consolidate. However, new changes in credit cards offering 0 interest on balance transfers could make this type of consolidation less beneficial.
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Credit Card Use Continues to Climb
Consumer credit card use continues to climb, now beating pre-recession levels of spending. Credit card debt increased by 13% in November alone, leading to an all-time high of $1.023 trillion. Here’s what you can do to pay off your debt.
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Total Eclipse of Your Debt
In celebration of today’s total solar eclipse, Consolidated Credit offers a 4-phase plan for how to achieve a total eclipse of your debt.
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Credit Card Interest Rates are the Reason
The rate experts at CardRates.com explain how Consolidated Credit’s debt management program offers a proven way to reduce credit card interest rates.
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How Do You Decide Which Debt to Pay First?
A new study finds people will stop paying their mortgage before an auto loan or even personal loans. So, how should you decide which debt to pay first?
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Student Loan Default Now Even Worse for Your Finances
The Department of Education just changed the rules on student loan late fees. Just one student loan default could cost you significantly more now.
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Do You Live Where It’s Easy to Repay Debt?
Where you live can have a serious impact on your ability to repay debt. Is cost of living a factor that’s keeping you from achieving freedom from debt?
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Greatest Generation?
You might think America’s youngest generation would be worse with credit, but it turns out they’re savvier about both credit reports and credit scores.
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