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CFPB Survey Reveals Impacts of Student Loan Debt Relief and Repayment Challenges

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...insights into the effects of student loan debt relief programs and the challenges borrowers...borrowers face in navigating repayment options....Impacts of Student Loan Debt Relief and Repayment Challenges Debt relief recipients...lives; many borrowers still unaware of repayment options NOV 13, 2024 Share & print

Insights from the 2023-2024 Student Loan Borrower Survey

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...income-driven repayment (IDR), payment pause, return to repayment, debt relief, and...loan borrowers’ difficulties with repayment and the make-up of borrowers applying...many borrowers were returning to repayment. Key findings include: A majority

Need help with your credit card debt? Start with your credit card company!

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Overwhelmed by credit card debt and might miss a payment? Contact your creditor...current situation for alternative repayment options....Need help with your credit card debt? Start with your credit card company! By...from 2015 to 2017 overall credit card debt increased by 13 percent, while people

CFPB Finds Percentage of Borrowers with $20K in Student Debt Doubled Over Last Decade

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Record Student Debt Spurring Employers to Offer Student Loan Repayment Benefits....$20K in Student Debt Doubled Over Last Decade Record Student Debt Spurring Employers...Employers to Offer Student Loan Repayment Benefits AUG 16, 2017 Share & print WASHINGTON

Options for repaying your Parent PLUS loans

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...education? See tips to reduce student loan debt, learn about topics like forbearance...forbearance and default, and manage your repayment plan....eligible for the Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) plan. Use the Education Department’s...Parent PLUS loans. You will lose repayment plan options and restart the clock

Tips for student loan borrowers

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...loans? See tips for reducing debt, explore repayment plans, and learn about loan...good time to give your student debt repayment plan a check-up. Regardless of...Stay on track with income-driven repayment (IDR) Get an IDR plan for Parent

Sound off on student loan servicing

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...problems with student loan debt or run into repayment roadblocks, share your story...student loan debt. Many older consumers struggle with student loan debt, sometimes...Older consumers may hold student loan debt because they are still paying off loans

Chime in on private student loans

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...busy. We released our Student Debt Repayment Assistant to help borrowers understand...busy. We released our Student Debt Repayment Assistant to help borrowers understand...CFPB Takes Action to Address Illegal Debt Collection Practices by the National

CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam

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...took action to halt a student loan debt relief......originally published CFPB Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam MAR 30, 2016 Share & print...took action to halt a student loan debt relief scam that illegally tricked borrowers

An analysis of the first seven months of the federal student loan return to repayment

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/analysis-of-first-seven-months-of-federal-student-loan-return-to-repayment/

...the payment pause and the return to repayment....the federal student loan return to repayment NOV 26, 2024 The COVID-19 emergency...challenges during the transition into repayment. In this report, we use credit record

CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams

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Charging High Fees for Free Federal Loan Repayment Benefits Today, the Bureau took action...published CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams DEC 11, 2014 Share & print...Charging High Fees for Free Federal Loan Repayment Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today

A New Year’s resolution to conquer your student debt

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Year’s resolutions to conquer your debt, we’ve put together some tips to help...resolution to conquer your student debt By Rohit Chopra – DEC 29, 2014 Share...students leave school with student debt. For most of them who graduated this

What are my options if a debt collection agency contacts me about my student loans?

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-are-my-options-debt-collection-agency-contacts-me-about-student-loans-en-655/

A debt collector may be trying to contact you because a creditor believes you...payments you owe on a debt. You have rights when dealing with debt collectors and it...AUG 27, 2024 What are my options if a debt collection agency contacts me about...my student loans? English Español A debt collector may be trying to contact you

Know your rights when a debt collector calls

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Know your rights when a debt collector calls...rights when a debt collector calls English Español When a debt collector calls—or...worse. First, be sure the debt collector and the debt are legitimate Find out:

Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment

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...of the stories we receive on student debt. She......Struggling to keep up with student loan repayment By Ashley Gordon – OCT 20, 2015 Share...experiences, we know that student loan debt is taking a huge toll on students and

Issue Spotlight: Federal Student Loan Return to Repayment

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...on-going effort to monitor the return to repayment on federal student loans for risks...Spotlight: Federal Student Loan Return to Repayment JAN 05, 2024 Share this As monthly...engaged in oversight of this return to repayment. We are supervising student loan

Trying to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan? Avoid #ApplicationAbyss with our tips and resources.

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...are eligible for an income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, but we have heard that...Trying to enroll in an income-driven repayment plan? Avoid #ApplicationAbyss with...more affordable, you can change your repayment plan at any time. Almost all federal

CFPB Report Finds That 9 in 10 of the Highest-Risk Student Loan Borrowers Were Not Enrolled in Affordable Repayment Plans

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Borrowers Not Enrolled in an Affordable Repayment Plan Redefault....Borrowers Were Not Enrolled in Affordable Repayment Plans Nearly Half of the Highest-Risk...Borrowers Not Enrolled in an Affordable Repayment Plan Redefault MAY 16, 2017 Share

CFPB Orders EZCORP to Pay $10 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics

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Industry-Wide Warning On Home, Workplace Debt Collection Risks The Bureau today took...EZCORP to Pay $10 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics DEC 16, 2015 Share...Industry-Wide Warning On Home, Workplace Debt Collection Risks WASHINGTON, D.C. —

CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers

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...effects on the economy of high student debt. It also identifies policy and market-based...published CFPB Report Highlights Student Debt as a Roadblock to Opportunity for Consumers...Identifies Path Forward to Spur Affordable Repayment Options WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today