Entry-level jobs are scarce for recent college graduates, which leaves the Class of 2020 in a precarious position as their student loan debt comes due. Taylor Cabrera has been job-hunting for months since graduating from the University of Mississippi last spring with dual bachelor’s degrees in biology and physics, and has moved in with family …
Federal student loan payments have been automatically suspended until the end of the year because of the ongoing pandemic. If you have private student loans, however, payments remain due — unless you’ve paused them. Roughly 5% of private loan borrowers were using forbearance as of the end of March, according to the most recent data …
A low credit score doesn’t have to stand in your way if you want to get a personal loan to cover an emergency or consolidate your debts. Borrowers with bad credit, which is a FICO score below 630, may need to put in some extra work to qualify for a personal loan. But taking these …