A debtor or borrower is a person or organization that borrows money from a financial institution, usually tied to a loan or credit card. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects debtors from ...

When you get a loan — whether it’s a car loan, home loan, student loan, personal loan or loan from a family member — you assume a debt and become a debtor. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...

Lindsey Simon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech and strategic finance in top universities. She has been an investor, entrepreneur, and advisor for more than ...

Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout history, as Olivia Schwob’s recent piece in these pages deftly details. The current moment, she notes, marks the possibility of still another ...

Ms. Taylor is a co-founder of the Debt Collective, a union of debtors. Conversations about debt are never purely about economics. They are always, also, conversations about power, morality and shame.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...