The CFPB is seeking more repayment options for private loans.
When errors appear in credit reports, the impact on those borrowers can be severe. Negative information, like missed payments, can send the borrower's credit score into a tailspin.
Half of student loans are now in deferment or forbearance.
Consumers have been paying down debt, but walking away from more.
Making upfront payments can potentially save money -- but not always.
Scheduled spending cuts and tax hikes for 2013 could raise costs for students -- unless Congress acts first.
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Two of the nation's largest providers of private student loans are taking steps to ease terms for some borrowers.SLM Corp., also known as Sallie Mae, this past week began accepting applications for loans that allow recent college graduates ...
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New York's top prosecutor is raising concerns about the pace of relief provided to the state's mortgage borrowers by Wells Fargo & Co. under a landmark $25 billion settlement, in the latest sign of dissatisfaction with the ...
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Why consumers can't always trust those five-star ratings -- or nasty complaints.
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