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Retired With a Mortgage? Ask These 7 Questions Before Using Savings to Pay It Off

Entering retirement with a mortgage can feel uncomfortable, especially for someone who spent decades believing the house should be paid off before the final paycheck...

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7 Purchases Women Should Think Twice About Putting on a Joint Credit Card

Sharing a credit card can simplify groceries, utilities, vacations, and other household spending, but there is an important detail couples sometimes overlook: if it’s a true joint credit-card account, each account holder can be responsible for the entire balance—not simply the purchases they personally made. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

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7 Car-Buying Fees That Deserve a Second Look Before You Sign

Buying a car involves more than picking a model, choosing a color, and taking a victory lap around the block. The paperwork stage can introduce a long list of fees, and some deserve a closer look before a signature lands on the dotted line. A careful shopper can spot confusing…

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5 Insurance Photos Every Homeowner Should Update Before Storm Season Peaks

Storm season can turn a peaceful afternoon into a scramble for flashlights, supplies, and phone chargers. Before dark clouds gather, homeowners can take one simple step that helps organize important home records: updating insurance photos that show the current condition of their property.

Everybody Loves Your Money

Home-Equity Loan Fine Print: What Borrowers Commonly Miss

A home-equity loan can look like a straightforward way to borrow money, but the fine print often hides the details that matter most. Interest rates, repayment terms, fees, and loan conditions can turn a simple financial decision into a much bigger commitment.

Everybody Loves Your Money

A Practical Guide to Banking Habits That Make It Harder to Trace a Home-Repair Scam

A leaky roof, broken furnace, or cracked driveway can turn any homeowner into a person searching for quick answers. Unfortunately, scammers know that urgency creates opportunities, and they often use fake repair offers, rushed payment demands, or misleading promises to take money from people who simply need help.

Everybody Loves Your Money

What to Know About Payment-App Records to Save Before Disputing a Transfer

A payment-app transfer can feel almost too easy. A few taps, a confirmation screen, and money moves from one account to another, but that convenience can create a headache when something goes wrong. Saving the right records before disputing a transfer can help people organize the details and explain what…

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New Credit Card Fee Rules: 6 Fine‑Print Details That Could Cost You If You Ignore Them

Credit card late fees are back in the spotlight, and the fine print could matter more than ever. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has signaled that it may revisit credit card late fee regulations, creating new questions about what cardholders might pay when payments arrive late.

The Free Financial Advisor

Here’s why you should take out a personal loan to consolidate debt

With credit card interest rates averaging more than 20 percent - and 40 percent of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck - many need solutions

The Independent UK

Average Cardholder Could Save $220 a Year Under CFPB’s New $8 Late-Fee Rule

Missing a credit card payment has always felt like a double punch. First comes the stress of paying late, then comes a fee that can make an already tight budget feel even tighter. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to change that by cutting the typical late fee from $32…

The Free Financial Advisor

Trump names former CFPB official Brian Johnson to be agency's next permanent director

President Donald Trump is naming Brian Johnson as his choice for the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

AAP

Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it

Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’

The Guardian - US

Half of America Is Using Buy Now, Pay Later — Economists Warn a Debt Shock Could Be Next

The rise of buy now, pay later services in the US as consumer debt hits record levels. Discover why financially strained households increasingly rely on these instalment plans and the potential risks involved.

International Business Times UK

Buy now, pay later is the new financial lifeline for lower-income Americans, as consumer loans pile up to $19 trillion

A look at who uses installment plans for shopping—and why—says a lot about the risks of buy now, pay later.

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Kiplinger

Is a Hidden Credit Report Error Costing You Thousands? Here’s How to Fix It.

Here's how to protect your credit health when no one else wants to.

The Independent UK

Debt collectors are enforcing collection on ‘zombie mortgages’ — here’s what to know as a homeowner

‘I did not find out until the day I was removed from my home that there was even a second mortgage out there’

Fortune

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is under threat

A new report by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office showed that Americans have lost nearly $19 billion since Trump took office again directly due to CFPB cuts

The Independent UK

How to find a personal loan that actually works for you

‘A good loan will save you money and work within your budget,’ one expert said

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GOBankingRates

How To Turn a Paid-Off House Into Reliable Retirement Income — Without Downsizing

Want to unlock retirement income without downsizing? There are ways to do it. Learn ways to leverage home equity for cash flow and financial security.

Axios

How Trump's credit card pitch could save Americans billions

The proposal, an idea popular with progressives and consumer advocates, is not expected to be enacted.

The Independent UK

Trump announces 10 percent credit card cap as banks push back

Strong resistance is anticipated from Wall Street and credit card companies

GOBankingRates

What Would Happen if Americans Stopped Using Credit Cards? ChatGPT Reveals 5 Major Economic Shifts

According to the chatbot, ending credit card use would slash consumer spending, hurt banks, kill rewards, weaken credit scores, and boost BNPL adoption.

International Business Times UK

The $21 Billion Watchdog America Is About to Lose: CFPB to Run Out of Money in January

America's consumer protection agency faces a funding freeze engineered by its own acting director. With $711.6M remaining, the countdown to a potential January shutdown is underway.

The Independent UK

Viral credit score hack puts consumers at risk of jail, FTC warns

‘The truth is, credit repair companies can’t legally remove information from your credit report if it’s accurate and current,’ the Federal Trade Commission said

The Independent UK

Judge blocks White House's attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid

A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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