Student loan advocates and borrower protection groups across the country have spent much of the last five months preparing for a series of big changes Congress laid out regarding the student loan ...
Low borrower satisfaction carries significant business consequences for mortgage servicers. Dissatisfied or confused borrowers are more likely to complain to regulators, generate costly call center ...
Millions of student loan borrowers will see the “light at the end of the tunnel” after the Trump administration agreed to reinstate loan forgiveness plans it had partially blocked following a court ...
After a halt for most of the year, borrowers enrolled in one income-driven repayment plan may begin to receive loan discharges within weeks. By Tara Siegel Bernard Thousands of federal student loan ...
ICE Mortgage Technology data shows servicers have retained about 30% of borrowers since Q2 2010, with retention rates varying by market cycles. Recent M&A activity, regulatory changes, and falling ...
Less than half of student loan borrowers have been making their payments on $1.6 trillion of debt as they struggle to afford housing and groceries – and some are letting the bills pile up as a form of ...
One expert said the education department has to "own" and "fix" the problem. The Department of Education has temporarily paused discharges for Income Based Repayment (IBR) plan student loan borrowers ...
Cory Turner reports and edits for the NPR Ed team. He's helped lead several of the team's signature reporting projects, including "The Truth About America's Graduation Rate" (2015), the groundbreaking ...
Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. Investopedia / Photo Illustration ...
Elizabeth Guevara is a personal finance reporter who explains the world of business and economics and how it impacts your finances. She joined Investopedia in 2024. blackCAT / Getty Images The 'Big, ...
The millions of Americans with student loans, who have already experienced whiplash in federal policy since the pandemic, must again brace for change. The "big, beautiful bill" that President Trump ...
WASHINGTON – Roughly 8 million borrowers whose student loan payments have been on pause for a year will start to see interest accrue on their debt again in August, the U.S. Department of Education ...