Adriana Morga

  • FILE – This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)Personal Finance

    IRS is sending out automatic COVID stimulus payments. Here’s who is getting them

    By Susan Haigh, Adriana Morga, and others
  • FILE – Shoppers walk along Fifth Avenue on Nov. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)Personal Finance

    9 ways to avoid financial stress this holiday season

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Business people shaking hands in the office.Tech

    Job scams are climbing. Experts say to watch out for these red flags

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • shoppers in checkout linePersonal Finance

    Store credit card interest rates average 30% vs. 21% across all cards

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • A page from the Internal Revenue Service website is shown on a laptop on Monday, April1, 2024 in New York. Taxpayers usually know their identity has been stolen when they try to file their tax returns and the IRS says they’ve already done so. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)Personal Finance

    IRS taxes are due in 2 weeks. Here’s how to protect yourself from common scams this tax season

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • FILE – An Internal Revenue Service 2023 1040 tax form and instructions are shown on Jan. 26, 2024 in New York. It’s tax season in the U.S., and for many people, filing tax returns can be a daunting task that’s often left until the last minute. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)Personal Finance

    IRS Direct File, a program that offers free online tax filing, has been launched in 12 states

    By Adriana Morga, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • FILE – Wheaton College students stop to chat on the Norton, Mass. campus, Feb. 13, 2024 as snow falls. More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it launched in August. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, File)Personal Finance

    What to know about SAVE, the Biden administration’s newest income-driven plan to repay student loans

    By Adriana Morga, Collin Binkley, and others
  • Glass jar saving money scholarship for educationFinance

    Student financial aid commitments are coming so late this year that grads are putting off their college decisions

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia school campus, Main Library, entrance with students. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Personal Finance

    Your financial aid offer is going to come later than usual this year because of 5 major changes to the federal application required for it

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Holiday shoppingPersonal Finance

    26-year-old with $145,000 in student debt can’t afford Christmas. She’s giving ‘affordable gifts or combining gifts with my older sister’

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Shoppers carry bags in Walnut Creek, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. US retail sales unexpectedly picked up in November as lower gasoline prices allowed consumers to spend more to kick off the holiday shopping season. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPersonal Finance

    Potlucks and homemade gifts: How to avoid being stressed out over your finances during the holidays

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • File – The Southern University Human Jukebox marching band warms up before the 2023 National Battle of the Bands at NRG Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Houston. Student loan payments resume in October after a three-year pause due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)Personal Finance

    Student loan payments are restarting. Here’s what you need to know

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Jerome PowellPersonal Finance

    From your credit card to your car to your job, the Fed’s next interest rate hike is going to hit your wallet

    By Cora Lewis, Adriana Morga, and others
  • File – First Republic Bank signs and logos are attached to a window at a branch location, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Boston. Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Finance

    Another bank just collapsed. Here’s what you need to know about First Republic and how to keep your money safe

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
  • Asian mother working from home on laptop while little daughter is watching on digital tablet. Asian family using technologies at home. Home office and business. Handling financial bills with e-banking. Working mom managing work life and childcare at homePersonal Finance

    Tax Day is less than a week away: Here’s everything you need to know

    By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press