Debit or credit? In this economy? Cash-poor and maxed-out consumers are increasingly turning to trendy “buy now, pay later” microloan products to afford everyday necessities — as inflation and the cost of living rise faster than salaries and bank balances. A report from Lending Tree found that 29% of users of popular BNPL brands like Klarna … Read more
Conor Keenan was biting into a burger at McDonald’s when he felt one of his back molars crack. He was in his early 20s and couldn’t remember the last time he’d been to the dentist. His family never had dental insurance growing up. Mortified, he found a dentist open late near where he lived in … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My son took out a couple of education loans, which I cosigned when he was starting college 10 years ago. A couple of years ago, I found out (from someone else) that he never finished college. When I confronted him, he mentioned that he “intends” to finish college and is working toward it. … Read more
One man’s trash is another man’s ticket to financial freedom. Clever college grad Kelsey Mikula, 26, found a genius way to pay off a whopping $80,000 in student loans in just three years — by buying and reselling old clothes using sites like eBay. Prowling the aisles at the Salvation Army, Goodwill and other local … Read more
Gotta give her credit. A Texas woman claims she got herself out of $70,000 in debt — and is on her way to making $1 million by teaching others how to do the same. Jasmine Taylor, 31, from Amarillo, said she lost her job and struggled to make ends meet in early 2021, buried under … Read more
While some college students dip into financial aid to fund their party lifestyles, Megan Fowler opted to “save” her own life. The 22-year-old international business major at an unnamed university is revealing how she used about $3,600 of her student loan to pay for gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey. Fowler had long been self-conscious about … Read more