
Articles by Miranda Marquit:
Secured personal loans can be a convenient source of funding when you need money quickly. However, it’s important to be aware of the risks that come with a secured loan.
Paying for college in Washington can be expensive. There are, however, state-based student loans, scholarships, and grant options that can help.
Paying for college in West Virginia can seem like a daunting task, but you have options. It’s possible to get scholarships, grants, and student loans to help you cover the costs.
Attending school in Virginia can get expensive. Few students can afford to just write a check. Here’s how to pay for higher education using student loans, scholarships, and grants.
A music festival might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but the price tag is usually steep. One way to pay your way is with a personal loan — just be careful not to borrow more than what you can afford to repay just for a single weekend or week of fun.
There are student loan alternatives that can reduce the amount of your overall debt when you graduate including scholarships, grants, work-study programs, and more.
Underwriting a student loan is a little different than other types of debt. With private loans, you still need to go through an approval process, but with federal loans there are less stringent requirements.
Depending on how you do it, debt consolidation can impact your credit either positively or negatively. Debt consolidation done right has a minimal negative impact on your score and can actually help it in the long run. Here’s how to consolidate debt, such as multiple credit card accounts, before it’s too late.
The Federal Perkins Loan program allowed schools to make loans to students at a relatively low interest rate. These low-interest loans were made on the basis of need but have been discontinued by the U.S. Department of Education. The last disbursements were made on June 30, 2018.
When your bank or credit card issuer provides your account balance information, the amount might differ depending on the type of balance being used. Your current balance is based on what’s going on immediately, while your statement balance summarizes what happened during the last billing cycle. Here's how to read your statement balance vs. current balance.
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