Category Archives: Credit Education

Delivering on President Trump’s Promise, Secretary DeVos Suspends Federal Student Loan Payments, Waives Interest During National Emergency

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today that the office of Federal Student Aid is executing on President Donald J. Trump’s promise to provide student loan relief to tens of millions of borrowers during the COVID-19 national emergency. All borrowers with federally held student loans will automatically have their interest rates set […]

Latino-Owned Businesses: “Shining a Light on National Trends”

Article from The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Latino-owned businesses are growing in number and importance to the American economy. Contributing more than $700 billion in sales to the economy annually, they are also an important source of employment as sole proprietors and as firms with employees on payroll. The 2012 U.S. Census Survey of […]

How to Avoid Credit Card Interest, as Rates Skyrocket

For anyone who can barely afford minimum payments, the future’s looking dim. Interest rates are projected to go up four times in 2018 and another four times in 2019, with no light at the end of this tunnel. So far, we’ve had three rate-hikes already in 2018, with one more expected to come in December. […]