Your student loan becomes delinquent as soon as you miss a payment, and the consequences become more serious the longer your ...

The Department of Education will delay garnishing wages and intercepting federal income tax refunds.

Several factors could contribute to a coming wave of student loan defaults. Here's what borrowers can do.

Discover how straight-roller accounts signal immediate default risk, potentially indicating fraud, and learn why they pose challenges for predictive financial models.

Some student loan borrowers may discover an alarming letter in their mailbox in the coming weeks: A notice that the federal government is coming for their paycheck. The Department of Education has ...

If you're in default on your loans, the pause gives you time to take action before your Social Security benefits are at risk. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in ...

A 401(k) loan default occurs when a borrower fails to repay a loan taken from their 401(k) retirement plan within the specified time frame. This usually happens if the borrower leaves or loses their ...

Defaulting on a personal loan will impact your credit, make it harder to borrow in the future and could lead to collection efforts. If the personal loan is secured, you could also lose the asset that ...

The Trump administration is set to resume wage garnishment for federal student loan borrowers in default, with notices going out starting on Wednesday. Student loan borrowers in default were given a ...

About 4 million Americans will soon be reported in default on their student loans. If they act now, they may be able to avoid ...

The Trump administration is predicting larger tax refunds for the 2026 season due to changes in the "big beautiful bill," but the millions of student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments ...

Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loan payments may see their wages garnished starting this year. The U.S. Department of Education sent out the first wave of notices to borrowers in ...