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(NerdWallet) – Federal student loan repayment resumes in the coming months - interest begins accruing in September, with payments starting in October - after a 3½-year payment pause. According to a new NerdWallet survey, most federal student loan borrowers (88%) didn’t make payments during the pandemic forbearance. If you’re one of these borrowers, here are five steps to prepare for repayment. 1. Know your details 2. Decide on a payment plan 3. Review your budget 4. Understand the downside of not making payments 5. Set up autopay

Many Hoosiers are still dealing with having to repay the state for overpaid COVID relief money. You may recall that the state gave out more COVID relief from the federal government than it was supposed to Hoosiers. In order to make up for the lost funds, the state is requested that Hoosiers pay that money back.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2009 – In June 1989, Jason Huang – now an Army Reserve major – was among the 5,000 protestors who crammed into China’s Tiananmen Square, pressing the government for democracy and freedom of speech. Maj. (Dr.) Jason Huang, right, an Army Reserve neurosurgeon who’s become a national leader in traumatic brain injury research, discusses his work with Army Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve, center, and Dr. Webster Pilcher, a fellow neurosurgeon at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Instead, the Chinese government blacklisted...

Ten of the nation's largest banks will be allowed to repay $68 billion in federal aid granted at the height of the financial crisis, the Treasury Department announced yesterday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News that Goldman Sachs Group Inc might quickly pay back taxpayer money could pressure able rivals to do the same. The Treasury Department's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program was intended to provide lenders with more capital to spur lending and improve the economy. Hundreds of companies have taken TARP money, ranging from $45 billion accepted by both Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp to $541,000 by The Victory Bank of Limerick, Pennsylvania. But with TARP now seen more as an albatross, expectations are growing that more banks will repay their money as soon as...

KARMAH, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2008 – A deployed Marine lived through a war as a child, but he did not hesitate years later when it came time to defend the freedom he and his family almost lost. Marine Corps Cpl. Bajro Buzaljko, 21, an ammunition technician with Regimental Combat Team 1’s Task Force 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, performs a function test on a weapon to ensure its operability in Iraq. After fleeing war-torn Bosnia as a child, Buzaljko joined the Marines to defend the country that accepted him and his family with open arms. U.S. Marine Corps photo...