How to get someone on the phone about your student loans
Experts shared tips on how student loan borrowers can get help with their debt, amid a myriad of recent changes and disruptions to the lending system.
Experts shared tips on how student loan borrowers can get help with their debt, amid a myriad of recent changes and disruptions to the lending system.
Aug 27, 2025 Putting a child through higher education is an expensive affair. The average annual tuition fee is over $7,000, with some fields like dentistry exceeding $24,000 per year. That’s not including books and living expenses like transportation, accommodation, food, and healthcare, so saving money early is key. A registered education savings plan (RESP)
AI Aug 27, 2025 BlackRock Research Shows AI 'Stock Picking' Agents Beat Benchmarks For generations, investors have imagined a system that could analyze company filings, market news, and stock prices without bias, synthesize all the information, and generate transparent recommendations. Until now, this dream has remained out of reach. New research by BlackRock, the world's
President Donald Trump removed Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook based on mortgage fraud allegations. Here's what to know about the issue.
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Aug 27, 2025 Canada is preparing for the launch of “Consumer-Driven Banking” in early 2026. This promises to be a system that will give people more control over how their financial data is shared. The main goal is to replace current risky practices, including screen scraping, with safe, consent-based data exchange. The government has made
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Trump is the first president to attempt to fire a Fed governor since Congress established the central bank in 1913, Evercore ISI said.
NCFA Canada | Craig Asano | August 26, 20265 TORONTO, AUG 26, 2025 – The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA) today announced that Karsten Wenzlaff, Secretary-General of Digital Invest Germany, has joined the Association’s Advisory Group to advise on global crowdfunding, fintech policy, and international collaboration (view profile). “We are excited to
AI | Aug 26, 2025 Perplexity’s 80/20 Publisher Program 'Comet Plus' Sets a New Standard for AI-Publisher Partnerships On Aug 25 2025, Perplexity announced the launch of Comet Plus, a $5 per month subscription service that commits to paying 80% of revenue to publishers while Perplexity retains 20% for compute and platform costs. The company
A "set-it-and-forget-it" strategy focused on the S&P 500 may no longer work in today's market, depending on your time horizon, according to Morgan Stanley.
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The singer announced her engagement to football player Travis Kelce.
Aug 26, 2025 Two of Canada’s largest banks, RBC and BMO, are currently exploring the possibility of selling their joint payments processing venture, Moneris. If the deal follows through, it could potentially be valued at around $2 billion, which would be a record-breaking transaction in Canadian history. How Things Are Currently At the moment, no
Delays in student loan forgiveness could leave borrowers with an unexpected bill to the IRS.