Katherine Peach

2 days ago | money.com | Adam Hardy |Katherine Peach

While much of the focus on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is on tax breaks, immigration and health insurance, the sprawling budget deal is also expected to overhaul how the government handles student loans. The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a version of the bill last month, and the Senate subcommittee in charge of education policy recently released its 71-page portion of the legislation that focuses on federal student loans and grants.

1 week ago | money.com | Pete Grieve |Katherine Peach

While health savings accounts have great potential to help Americans prepare for future health care expenses, a high percentage of account holders are not investing their HSA funds — and it's robbing some folks of thousands (or more) over time.

1 week ago | money.com | Martha C. White |Katherine Peach

President Donald Trump hasn’t pulled any punches when it comes to criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about interest rates. Recent days have been no exception, as better-than-expected employment and inflation data gave Trump fresh fodder to lambast Powell for the central bank’s stance on interest rates. Trump took to social media after inflation data for May, published last week, showed that overall inflation was running at 2.4% on an annual basis. “Fed should lower one full point.

2 weeks ago | money.com | Katherine Peach |Julia Glum

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment — commonly referred to as the COLA — for 2026 is now projected to be 2.5%, according to updated forecasts from The Senior Citizens League, or TSCL, and independent Social Security analyst Mary Johnson. The adjustment comes amid signs that inflation, while moderating from the highs of 2022, remains persistent enough to impact older adults' purchasing power — particularly as new tariffs begin to influence consumer prices.

2 weeks ago | money.com | Julia Glum |Katherine Peach

Inaccurate photos, lazy pickup lines and outdated references to The Office are all mainstays on Tinder, Hinge and Bumble profiles these days. But, increasingly, the apps are also rife with... people's credit scores? Yes, really: It's become a trend for folks to share their credit scores on Tinder, Hinge and the like, usually by posting a screenshot from FICO alongside the requisite photo with a baby and photo with a dog.