How to Avoid Debt Consolidation Scams
- January 29, 2019
- Category: News
Featuring Kathryn Bossler, Financial Wellness Expert If you’re in significant debt, the prospect of becoming debt-free can be alluring. So alluring, in fact, that you might find yourself caught in any number of scams along the way. One common way to pay off debt is through consolidation. This involves combining...
NYC Is The Most Financially Distressed City In The Nation
- January 29, 2019
- Category: News
Featuring Kelly Figueroa, Financial Wellness Expert New York City is officially the most financially distressed metropolis in America, according to local debt counselors and financial analysts. The city’s credit card delinquency rates and level of bad personal debt are the highest in the nation, which saw household...
GreenPath’s Road Forward Centers on Growth – Crain’s Detroit Business
- January 28, 2019
- Category: News
Featuring Kristen Holt, President, and CEO Despite consolidation in the non-profit credit counseling industry, GreenPath Financial Wellness continues to expand its national footprint, as well as the number of people it serves. In order to achieve GreenPath's vision of remixing the American Dream so it works for everyone,...
Ways to Build Credit as a Student – U.S. News & World Report
- January 5, 2019
- Category: News
Featuring Chris Dlugozima, Education Specialist Establishing credit while you're in school can help make the transition into post-graduation life much easier. Good credit can help you qualify for lower interest rates on a student loan refinance, pass an employment background check or get approved for an apartment lease....
Pay Off Debt in 5 Years or Less with Help from Non-Profit Counseling – CBS Austin
- November 29, 2018
- Category: News
Featuring Tina Ponder, Partner Relations Specialist Nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults carry credit card debt from month-to-month, according to the 2017 Financial Literacy Survey conducted on behalf of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. For many Americans, breaking the cycle of relying on credit cards can...
Second Consecutive Year, GreenPath Named Free Press Top Workplace: Instilling a Culture of Empathy, Compassion and Balance
- November 14, 2018
- Category: News
Farmington Hills, Mich., (November 11, 2018) For the second consecutive year, GreenPath Financial Wellness has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2018 honor by The Detroit Free Press. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC (formerly...
What Happens When You Make Minimum Payments On Credit Cards? – U.S. News
Featuring Jeff Arevalo, Financial Wellness Expert Making the minimum monthly payments on your credit cards can lead to maximum pain. By paying only the lowest amount required each month, you're stretching out how long it takes to wipe out your credit card debtcredit card debt and paying considerably more interest...
HUD awards $3.2M in housing counseling grants to Michigan agencies – The Detroit News
- October 17, 2018
- Category: News
Featuring Kristen Holt, President and CEO
Each year, GreenPath counsels more than 42,000 people looking to obtain or retain housing.
The Truth About Credit Card Debt Settlement – U.S. News & World Report
Featuring Katie Bossler, Financial Counselor In general, your credit card company wants its money back - all of it. Part of your agreement when using the card is that you'll pay back all the charges you've made, plus any interest and fees that you accrue. But, in some cases, credit card issuers realize that getting...
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