Financial stress affects 73% of Americans, with mounting credit card balances, medical bills, and personal loans creating overwhelming monthly obligations. When minimum payments consume most of your ...

One card turns into three. A bill you didn’t expect. A missed payment. Suddenly, you’re checking your bank app daily just to stay above water. At some point, most ...

Managing multiple debts can feel like juggling flaming swords — stressful, risky, and overwhelming. If you're carrying balances on credit cards, personal loans, or medical bills, you're not alone. The ...

Registration lead Arilu Pineda, left, at her workstation at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on July 28, 2022, in Sarasota, Fla.

A debt consolidation loan is a type of personal loan that you can use to combine multiple debts into one and pay them off in fixed installments. This can benefit you in several ways, from simplifying ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Despite recent efforts toward medical debt reform, many Americans still deal with piles of medical bills. A 2024 analysis from Peterson-KFF shows that about 20 million adults — nearly one in 12 — have ...

The UK has a huge problem with mental health and debt; I’ve blogged before (see ‘Should we stop people with mental health issues borrowing money?’) on my concerns over this under-addressed subject. It ...