By Brian Riley, Payments Journal Bankruptcy is a Constitutional right that allows consumers and businesses with an option to re-organize their credit responsibilities. On the consumer side, there are two options, Chapter 7, which discharges the filer’s debts, and Chapter 13, which allows for a structured payment plan. As with many metrics,
Close-up closing sign at J.C. Penney store facade building. Coronavirus (COVID-19) forced JCPenney to file for bankruptcy protection and closing many locations. – Dallas, TX, USA – Oct 7, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Christina Hughes Babb, DS News March experienced the highest monthly increase in new bankruptcy filings across all chapters—
By Aarthi Swaminathan, Yahoo Finance The pandemic-induced recession has led to a notable amount of Black women to declare bankruptcy, according to a report by nonprofit bankruptcy startup Upsolve. The report came from a bankruptcy questionnaire of 17,000 low-income users over the past year and found that COVID-19 has pushed
By Teadra Pugh, Bloomberg Law It could be easy for some to forget the global nature of the pandemic and economic uncertainty that we are experiencing in the United States. As a result, I am taking a look at a less commonly known type of bankruptcy that could provide a
By The Economist TO SAY THAT the pandemic has been hard for the American economy would be putting it mildly. The unemployment rate, which stood at just 3.5% in February, is now 7.9%; there are 10.7m fewer jobs today than there were six months ago; a quarter of the workforce
There is a little something called life, and it does happen. Nine out of ten times, no one gets into debt on purpose. People get into debt for a variety of reasons: huge medical bills from an illness or injury, divorce, death, loss of a paycheck, poor money management, merely
America is a nation of consumers. A highly paid army of persuaders surrounds us with thousands of seductive messages each day that say “buy buy buy.” Plus, credit makes living beyond our means easy and resisting the siren sounds of the advertisers difficult. However, we are also told that if
