Key Points ・Settling federal student loans for less than you owe is rare and usually happens only after default. ・Private student loan settlements are more common but can severely damage your credit ...

NEW YORK — Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. After 90 days of non-payment ...

Collection activity on federal student loans has been paused for roughly five years, a remainder of Covid-era policies meant to offer relief to borrowers. The Trump administration's focus on recouping ...

Trump's administration said that the CFPB is on track to run out of funding next year. It could put protections for student-loan borrowers at risk.

Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. After 90 days of non-payment, student ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — Millions of student loan borrowers are facing a new wave of consequences as federal collections quietly ramp back up. After a years-long pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, many ...

A former Trump student-loan chief’s lawsuit could force the Education Department to repay wrongly defaulted borrowers.

Wall Street is warning that the U.S. Department of Education's crack down on student loan repayments may take billions of dollars out of consumers' pockets and hit low income Americans particularly ...

The Southern District of Texas is the busiest district in the nation when it comes to the number of suits filed on the federal government's behalf against people who default on student loans. Now, a ...

Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. Student loan providers report ...