Amazon partners with Affirm to give shoppers buy-now-pay-later option

Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay-later option that does not involve credit cards. 

How to pay off $100k in student loans

It is possible to pay off six figures in student loan debt, but you’ll need to take a strategic and determined approach.

10-year fixed student loan refinance rates hold steady

The latest trends in interest rates for student loan refinancing from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly.

US unemployment claims rise by 4,000 to 353,000

U.S. unemployment claims rose for the first time in five weeks even though the economy and job market have been recovering from the pandemic.

California agency bungled COVID-19 funds for homeless: audit

After receiving $316 million under the federal CARES Act to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on unhoused people, the California Department of Housing and Community Development “did not take critical steps to ensure those funds promptly benefited that population,” the state auditor’s office said.