School meals are a key component to student success both in and out of the classroom. But when a child arrives without cash in hand or in her school meal account, the school must decide how to respond. Over the … Continue reading →
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Oct. 24, 2019, 11:19 AM PDT By Erik Ortiz A top Education Department official involved in student financial aid resigned Thursday, announcing that he would push an agenda to cancel much of the country’s student debt as he vies for … Continue reading →
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US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during the fifth meeting of the Federal Commission on … [+] School Safety, focusing on the best practices for school building security, active shooter training for schools and practitioner experience with school-based threat … Continue reading →
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American Express Company (AXP) is a financial services giant and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company offers credit cards, charge cards, and travelers’ cheques in the United States and around the world. American Express reported an … Continue reading →
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Venmo is moving from enabling payments with emojis on a phone to a more traditional method. The popular app, owned by PayPal, will offer a Venmo-branded credit card in 2020, the company announced Thursday. Synchrony Financial will handle the banking … Continue reading →
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Friday that it will establish a specialized taskforce to, “examine ways to harmonize and modernize federal consumer financial laws,” according to a press release. The new body, called the “Taskforce on Federal Consumer … Continue reading →
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The city of Starkville may have a new method to collect debts following Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting. Mayor Lynn Spruill introduced a resolution at the Friday work session that upon approval would allow Starkville to utilize a law passed … Continue reading →
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A recent report shows that more than one-fifth of Americans don’t have a FICO® credit score. A recent report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealed that 11% of Americans have a “thin or stale” score file, and therefore … Continue reading →
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(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. Borrowers struggle to whittle down their school loan balances even when they make regular payments, according to the New York Federal … Continue reading →
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Enlarge this image Carrie Barrett, a former defendant in a suit brought by Methodist Hospital, testifies during service at Apostolic Fellowship Church on Sept. 15, 2019 in Memphis, Tenn. Her debt to the hospital was cleared following a MLK50 and … Continue reading →
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