student loan debt

DeVos undoes Obama student loan protections

04/11/17

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday rolled back an Obama administration attempt to reform how student loan servicers collect debt.

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Why CommonBond's CEO says fintech charter could be a game changer

03/17/17

In a Q&A, CommonBond CEO David Klein discusses how an OCC charter might benefit customers by lowering the cost to run a student loan refinancing business.

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CFPB sues student loan giant Navient

01/18/17

Navient Corp. was sued by a U.S. regulator over allegations that the student loan giant "systematically" cheated borrowers.

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Befuddled by Student Loan Consolidation

08/03/11

It is a harsh reality of today’s post-collegiate environment – two-thirds of all students now graduate with burdensome debt that can follow for many years to come. Following a recent news story on CBS Evening News, a comment was made that a student CAN have their federal student loans discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy [...]

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Income Based Repayment Program for Student Loans

08/02/11

New Program for Repayment of Federal Student Loans Student Loan options are few and far between for those with more debt than they can afford. Bankruptcy options are also quite limited for those in districts setting the “undue hardship” hurdle too high. Before we get to the light at the end of the tunnel student [...]

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