You can probably pay your student loans with a credit card—but here's why it's not such a good idea

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You can probably pay your student loans with a credit card—but here's why it's not such a good idea.

on each payment you make. This means that every $10,000 you pay will come with an additional $285 in fees alone.

Some credit cars will allow you to transfer your student loan balance to a 0% APR credit card with a balance transfer offer. This might sound tempting, since the card comes with an interest-free period when you can pay off the loans with no interest. For tens of millions of federal student loan borrowers, payments and interest accrual will continue to be on freeze through at least September 2021. Take advantage of this postponement period by paying your higher priority bills and debt, likeAnd if you can afford to still make your payments on your federal loans most experts suggest you do so, since any money paid toward your loan will go directly to chipping away at your principal.

 

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dumb article. Don't pay them because biden will steal from tax payers to bail you out!

Really?

Beeeeeeeeecause the government is contemplating eliminating student debt? lol

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