Nigeria elections: Websites use false stories to attract views and ads
The BBC Global Disinformation Team analysed three new websites in Nigeria and found many false stories.
2023-09-14 15:48
Student loan borrowers are frustrated with servicers ahead of payment restart
With less than a month before federal student loan payments restart after the years-long pandemic pause, many borrowers are having a hard time connecting with their loan servicer.
2023-09-08 22:23
What a doctor's death in a lift tells us about Africa's debt crisis
Nigeria spends twice as much on debt repayments than on health and education combined, a report says.
2023-09-01 09:23
Student loan interest resumes Friday and payments restart in October. Here's what borrowers should know
For the first time in more than three years, federal student loan borrowers will be required to pay their monthly student loan bills starting in October. The pandemic-related pause, which went into effect in March 2020, provided relief to nearly 44 million borrowers by freezing their accounts.
2023-08-31 18:15
New Biden student loan plan cuts payments for millions, White House says
WASHINGTON The Biden administration on Tuesday said it was overhauling student loan repayment plans, seeking to make payments
2023-08-22 23:47
Credit card and car loan delinquencies pass pre-Covid levels as consumers get squeezed
More Americans are failing to make payments on their credit cards and auto loans, another sign of rising financial pressure on consumers.
2023-08-10 23:26
US court blocks Biden debt relief rule benefiting defrauded students
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday blocked the Biden administration from proceeding with another piece of
2023-08-08 09:49
Biden's student loan policies continue to face legal challenges
Legal challenges are continuing to target some of President Joe Biden's student loan policies. While his major student loan forgiveness program was blocked by the Supreme Court, the Biden administration is also facing lawsuits over some of its other policy changes aimed at making it easier for borrowers to pay back their loans.
2023-08-08 04:46
First on CNN: Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan
The Biden administration is launching a beta website for its new income-driven student loan repayment plan today, officials told CNN, allowing borrowers to begin submitting applications for the program as federal student loan payments are set to resume in October.
2023-07-31 02:23
Nigeria's so-called tax collectors: Menacing and mafia-like
The tax system is opaque - and abused, with politicians and private citizens lining their pockets.
2023-07-17 08:27
Biden administration wipes out $39bn in student loan debt
Republicans called the debt write-off for 800,000 borrowers "a slap in the face to hard-working taxpayers".
2023-07-15 09:18
Biden administration announces $39 billion in student debt relief following administrative fixes
The Biden administration announced Friday that 804,000 borrowers will have their student debt wiped away, totaling $39 billion worth of debt, in the coming weeks due to fixes that more accurately count qualified monthly payments under existing income-driven repayment plans.
2023-07-15 05:23