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#student-banking

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes the largest overhaul to the federal student aid system in decades, limiting loan repayment and debt forgiveness options for borrowers.

Boomers are far more likely than any other group to be aware of price increases. When prices go up, they cut back on non-essential items and avoid impulse buys, with just 53% succumbing to them.

The growth in sports betting is spurred by Gen Z and Millennials, who increasingly engage in high-risk sports betting, stock trading, and cryptocurrency speculation on mobile devices.

Life History Theory emphasizes the tradeoffs individuals make in allocating energy to survival, growth, and reproduction, highlighting the competitive nature of energy acquisition.

Credit cards can be very dangerous from a financial well-being perspective, if used irresponsibly. The temptation to use one to fund a big holiday or a new sofa that you can't afford can be seriously tempting.

The average American's FICO score is now down to 714 - a two point decline over the course of the last year, reflecting a troubling trend in credit health.

Clark Howard advised the father to let his daughter continue making payments on her $1,000 car loan, emphasizing that it serves as a valuable life lesson and builds her credit history.

Delinquency rates across mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and student debt have climbed to their highest levels in nearly a decade, reaching 4.8% of outstanding household debt in the fourth quarter. While headline numbers remain within long-term historical ranges, a closer look reveals where stress is building: lower-income ZIP codes, younger borrowers, and markets experiencing slowing or declining home values.

Mine, a credit card and financial planning company founded by two Gen Z college dropouts, is attempting to buck the trend. Mine is announcing $14 million in fresh funding in a 359 Capital-led Series A, with participation from existing investor Kleiner Perkins. Cofounders Carlo Kobe and Scott Smith are confident they can convince their generation to stop spending their hard-earned money on betting whether the U.S. will invade Greenland or Eric Adams's latest memecoin.

When you add up dinner, drinks and gas or ride-shares, dating can cost a small fortune these days. It's become so expensive that a startling number of Americans are willing to take on credit card debt just to afford it. According to a new "loveflation" survey from online billing site Invoice Home, one in four young Americans would consider going into credit card debt to afford dating someone they really liked.

I've always been very careful about when I would feel comfortable bringing a child into this world,