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Alaska earned the top spot as the state where it takes more time to pay off credit card debt. Rankings for the states were created examining median credit card balances and monthly credit card ...

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 ...

HOUSTON - A district court judge in Texas recently reversed a rule that would have banned medical debt from credit reports. That means that medical debt can weigh down your credit score and result in ...

Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has disclosed that his administration has paid N72 billion from the N138 billion debt it inherited from past administrations on assuming office. Otti made this known during a ...