Malta's financial regulator is exploring how decentralized finance (DeFi) could fit within the European Union's MiCA framework. The MFSA said many DeFi projects retain several centralized features in ...

Rampant enthusiasm is buoying tech shares to levels that defy gravity. Invest with caution, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and ...

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station live through a full cycle of daylight and darkness roughly every 90 minutes, stacking up 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets in a single 24-hour period. That ...

Major changes to federal student loan rules take effect on Wednesday, July 1, limiting how much Americans can borrow and narrowing their repayment options. The overhaul, made under the 2025 "One Big ...

About 70% of college students rely on loans to finance their education, according to the Urban Institute. And while federal student loans offer lower rates and more hardship relief options, they're ...

Rae Hartley Beck first started writing about personal finance in 2011 with a regular column in her college newspaper as a staff writer. Since then she has become a leader in the Financial Independence ...

Federal borrowing limits for college students are being reduced, forcing more borrowers to turn to private student loans to bridge the financing gap. Most applicants have a thin or nonexistent credit ...

Students are encouraged to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each year they are enrolled at UAB. The FAFSA uses a family’s income, assets, household size, and additional ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

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On Wednesday, July 1, a host of new student loan changes from last year's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will kick in, including the end of a short-lived Biden-era repayment plan, the start of two ...