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jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The college financial aid application used by millions of American families is now officially open for the 2025-2026 school year — 10 days ahead of schedule. Top officials from the Department of Education said on a call with reporters Thursday they’re “confident” in this year’s FAFSA form after the botched […]
quavondo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former financial counselor for the United States Army pleaded guilty to defrauding the families of fallen servicemembers out of life insurance payments, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Gold Star family members are the immediate beneficiaries of servicemembers who have died in active-duty military service and are entitled to […]
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There is growing fraud online in which scammers manufacture other identities to dupe financial institutions or their customers out of money — and the crimes are only expected to grow more frequent with the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence, experts say. A new survey of 500 fraud and risk professionals, […]
Virojt Changyencham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — JP Morgan Chase faced new accusations from Charlie Javice, the young entrepreneur behind the student financial aid startup Frank, which the bank acquired in a $175 million transaction chief executive Jamie Dimon has since called “a huge mistake.” Javice fired back on Monday, formally denying the bank’s fraud allegations […]
Lisa Samalonis (NEW YORK) — Credit card debt is often easy to pile on, but hard to pay off. For Lisa Samalonis, smart credit card saving was the key to rebuilding her life after divorce. “It was very important for me to preserve some of that money so that I could put it down for […]
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