Tag: debt

Make the Most of National Financial Literacy Month 

• April 29, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Financial Education, Financial Health Tips

Typically, in the month of April, GreenPath Financial Wellness recognizes National Financial Literacy Month to highlight the importance of financial literacy in the United States. It’s a time set aside to emphasize healthy financial habits. But this year is far from typical. It’s a time of uncertainty and worry...

Episode 5: Michele – Feeling Optimistic in a Time of Challenge

• April 28, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Bankruptcy, Budgeting, Credit Card Debt, Foreclosure, Podcasts, Real Stories

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Michele faced hardships from many different angles.  Her mortgage payment became unaffordable after her initial payment skyrocketed. 

4 Things to Consider before Taking a Credit Card Cash Advance; Plus Some Alternatives – Business Insider

• April 24, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: COVID-19, News

Excerpt from Business Insider, featuring Jeremy Lark, Senior Manager of Client Services for GreenPath Financial Wellness.  The publication Business Insider featured insight from GreenPath Financial Wellness about the pitfalls of taking a cash advance from a credit card.  With record-breaking national unemployment...

How Debt Consolidation Programs Can Get Your Finances on Track — LendingTree

• February 20, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Excerpts from a LendingTree article that explains different types of debt consolidation programs, including debt management plans. Debt management plans (DMPs), a popular type of debt consolidation program, can help you get on track to pay off your unsecured debts. Often, a nonprofit credit counseling organization will...

GreenPath Financial Wellness Launches “Real $tories” Podcast

• December 5, 2019
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

GreenPath is pleased to announce the creation of a new podcast that shares stories of real people who have overcome life's challenges. Read an excerpt of the press release with a link to the full release below: GreenPath Financial Wellness Launches "Real $tories" Podcast Podcast to feature true stories of people overcoming...

How A Debt Management Plan Works

• August 29, 2019
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Blog, Debt

Wondering how debt management plans work? If you’re having trouble with credit card debt and/or other debt, you may consider a debt management plan (DMP).

With credit card debt up 7.5%, next financial disaster could be you – Detroit Free Press

• March 7, 2019
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Featuring Donna McNeill, Chief Operating Officer and David Flores, Director of Client Services We all seem to be on the lookout for clues that we're on the verge of another widespread financial crisis. The memories from the debacle a decade ago are so bad that no one wants to be caught by surprise again. So many wonder:...

Seven Million Americans Delinquent on Auto Loans Could Be a Bad Sign

• February 14, 2019
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Featuring Jeremy Lark, Senior Manager of Client Services The U.S. is at an all-time high for auto loan delinquencies. Is this the sign of overborrowing or overconfidence in the economy's strength? Seven million people are at least 90 days behind in their car payments, according to a report from the Federal Reserve...

How to Avoid Debt Consolidation Scams

• January 29, 2019
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• 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...