<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
     xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
     xmlns:dc="https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
     xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
     xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
     xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
>
    <channel>
        <atom:link href="https://www.kiplinger.com/feeds/tag/loan-repayment" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Kiplinger in Loan-repayment ]]></title>
                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/credit-debt/debt/loan-repayment</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ All the latest loan-repayment content from the Kiplinger team ]]></description>
                                    <lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:27:07 +0000</lastBuildDate>
                            <language>en</language>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Debt: What To Know ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/student-loans/biden-cancels-more-student-loan-debt-under-SAVE-program</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Biden forgives $1.2 billion in student loan debt for nearly 153,000 borrowers. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">5FjGoCBSp5J6d56q5HKABN</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mYineCr5CAampPBBFGhNSW-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:27:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:33:18 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan forgiveness]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joey Solitro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mYineCr5CAampPBBFGhNSW-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Student loan forgiveness written on chalkboard]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Student loan forgiveness written on chalkboard]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Student loan forgiveness written on chalkboard]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mYineCr5CAampPBBFGhNSW-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ $9 Billion More in Student Loan Debt Forgiven ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/student-loans/student-loan-debt-forgiven</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Biden forgives $9B in student loan debt on heels of loan repayments resuming. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">W2fwmVcUup5xvQX4GhqxGT</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5L3nUuUGgkAMZuiviZUXNB-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:51:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:52:18 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan forgiveness]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joey Solitro ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5L3nUuUGgkAMZuiviZUXNB-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Pencil erasing the words student loans]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pencil erasing the words student loans]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Pencil erasing the words student loans]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5L3nUuUGgkAMZuiviZUXNB-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Biden Administration Launches New Student Loan Repayment Plan ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/biden-administration-launches-new-student-loan-repayment-plan</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Federal student loan borrowers can file immediately for the new SAVE program. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">3NTnsyJZ6RUpxAXdtcaHnU</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8GmZuD8PPQuv3ntt5WY2JF-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 20:18:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ brianoco101@gmail.com (Brian O&#039;Connell) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian O&#039;Connell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8GmZuD8PPQuv3ntt5WY2JF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[College students gather around a fellow student who&#039;s holding a piggy bank.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[College students gather around a fellow student who&#039;s holding a piggy bank.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[College students gather around a fellow student who&#039;s holding a piggy bank.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8GmZuD8PPQuv3ntt5WY2JF-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How to Prepare to Start Paying Student Loans Again ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/how-to-prepare-to-start-paying-student-loans-again</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ A three-year pause on federal student loan payments ends in October. Here’s how to prepare for repayment. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">JuqqjPZwjBQTaFjT62TfRi</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NPCYtqNMx9YYj34PahsY95-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:42:32 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan forgiveness]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Petrecca ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NPCYtqNMx9YYj34PahsY95-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A young man looks at personal finance papers at a kitchen table while a young woman looks at her phone on the couch.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A young man looks at personal finance papers at a kitchen table while a young woman looks at her phone on the couch.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[A young man looks at personal finance papers at a kitchen table while a young woman looks at her phone on the couch.]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NPCYtqNMx9YYj34PahsY95-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Up to $20,000 in Student Loan Cancellation is Here: But Will it Hurt Your Taxes? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/605127/will-student-loan-debt-cancellation-hurt-your-taxes</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ President Biden extended the student loan payment pause and announced up to $20,000 in student loan debt cancellation for some borrowers—plus there’s some good tax news. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">3z3848kHHakmMewrPopU3H</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rPjdGhaBspL3FppZppxTkR-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:00:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:03:20 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[student debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kelley R. Taylor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rPjdGhaBspL3FppZppxTkR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Words student loan relief on chalkboard]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Words student loan relief on chalkboard]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Words student loan relief on chalkboard]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rPjdGhaBspL3FppZppxTkR-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Complain and Get Results ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/shopping/cars/603338/complain-and-get-results</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Use these tried-and-true strategies to get companies to listen to you. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">bLdgGyeoX9TNY3hQiRZKGr</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iay6RcwShoFUV9pkx5W5vf-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:51:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Cars]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emma.patch@futurenet.com (Emma Patch) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Patch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iay6RcwShoFUV9pkx5W5vf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[photo of feedback ratings ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of feedback ratings ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[photo of feedback ratings ]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iay6RcwShoFUV9pkx5W5vf-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rates on Student Loans Will Go Up ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/credit-debt/debt/loan-repayment/602999/rates-on-student-loans-will-go-up</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ You could refinance with a private student loan, but consider waiting until the pause on federal loan payments expires. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">ww9KYjj1hxyknEut49fC3L</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a8YXwDJaybusFLQaZbiNLQ-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:24:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kiplinger@futurenet.com (Sandra Block) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sandra Block ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a8YXwDJaybusFLQaZbiNLQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[photo illustration of money and graduation cap]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo illustration of money and graduation cap]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[photo illustration of money and graduation cap]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a8YXwDJaybusFLQaZbiNLQ-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Student Loans: Pay Down or Hold Pat? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/credit-debt/loans/student-loans/602279/student-loans-pay-down-or-hold-pat</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Before you tell your lender you want to resume payments, consider whether there are better uses for your money. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">qptachRd6ny2CsSL9XKo9d</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWa8JbxxQkHDVKsMXtbRzb-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:20:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Student Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kiplinger@futurenet.com (Sandra Block) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sandra Block ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWa8JbxxQkHDVKsMXtbRzb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Getty Images ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Pink piggy bank wearing college graduation cap sits atop scattered $20 bills]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pink piggy bank wearing college graduation cap sits atop scattered $20 bills]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Pink piggy bank wearing college graduation cap sits atop scattered $20 bills]]></media:title>
                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UWa8JbxxQkHDVKsMXtbRzb-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ College During COVID ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/careers/college/601110/college-during-covid</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ Students and their families must be ready to adapt to the changes in the way they attend—and possibly pay for—college. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">21XSu6AMyyttjXsgCzbz6o</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eDFgs7s6QRwSDsyfh3pfuD-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:30:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stacy Rapacon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eDFgs7s6QRwSDsyfh3pfuD-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Photograph by Matthew Coughlin]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mika Garcia,  a 21-year-old rising senior, attends the University of West Florida.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eDFgs7s6QRwSDsyfh3pfuD-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
                                <item>
                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ex-Workers Get More Time to Repay 401(k) Loans ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/t001-c001-s003-ex-workers-get-more-time-to-repay-401-k-loans.html</link>
                                                                            <description>
                            <![CDATA[ If you leave your job while you have an outstanding 401(k) loan, Uncle Sam now gives you extra time to repay it -- thanks to the new tax law. ]]>
                                                                                                            </description>
                                                                                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">xhzDEJKeHrapTZSqrPjmyJ</guid>
                                                                                                <enclosure url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9twZBJFQeFf4TBsMPgXtDb-1280-80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"></enclosure>
                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:53:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:59:10 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[401k]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Retirement Plans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Options]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[loan repayment]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Credit &amp; Debt]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
                                                    <category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kimberly Lankford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9twZBJFQeFf4TBsMPgXtDb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Christine Balderas 2017 (Christine Balderas 2017 (Photographer) - [None]]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </media:content>
                                                    <media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9twZBJFQeFf4TBsMPgXtDb-1280-80.jpg" />
                                                                                        </item>
            </channel>
</rss>