Soft switching is opening a new bank account without closing your original one. Here's why you might want to do this and how to manage multiple accounts.

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(NEXSTAR) — If you’re enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, or SAVE, to pay off your federal student loans, you may soon need to switch your repayment option. On Tuesday, the Department ...

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The Trump administration has reached an agreement that could end President Biden's signature student loan repayment plan, a move that may force millions of borrowers back into repayment. The Education ...

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Online banks offer generous APYs that most brick-and-mortar banks can't match. If you want to make the switch to online but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. The Trump administration announced an agreement on Tuesday to ...

More than 7 million student loan borrowers now need to make new arrangements after the Trump administration announced this week it is ending the Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, which had ...

Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are embracing a technology that’s raised critical safety concerns around mental ...

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