Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan could have a slightly negative impact on your credit score if it eliminates your education debt completely.

Whether you can use personal loans to pay off student loan debt can depend on a few things. Here's what you should consider before trying this strategy.

Private student loan refinancing rates have remained relatively level over the past year. Rates have fallen from their recent peaks but are still considerably higher than they were five years ago during the pandemic.

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Goads Agency / Getty Images If you pay off your student loans, your credit score might go down ...

Millions of student loan borrowers are delinquent following the expiration of pandemic-era student loan relief and changes to repayment plans. Those delinquencies trigger an average 62-point FICO score drop for borrowers who fall behind, which can make it ...

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