student debt

It’s Not Easy Solving For $1.5 Trillion In Student Debt
It’s Not Easy Solving For $1.5 Trillion In Student Debt
April 23, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

This week Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren managed to capture a lot of airtime — no small feat in a field with over 20...

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Student Debt In ‘Serious Delinquency’ Grows
Student Debt In ‘Serious Delinquency’ Grows
February 18, 2019  |  Loans

Student debt in arrears has hit record highs as measured by data gleaned from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bloomberg reports. The newswire...

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Lambda’s Student Loan Alternative
Lambda’s Student Loan Alternative
January 29, 2019  |  Loans

Student debt in America has grown to staggering proportions. By the end of 2018, 44 million Americans collectively held $1.5 trillion in debt related to...

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Today In Data: Big Changes In Unexpected Places
Today In Data: Big Changes In Unexpected Places
December 10, 2018  |  Today In Data

Change can be disorienting, particularly when it comes at a fast pace. It’s why the news that 44 million Americans owe over $1 trillion in student loan debt...

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
September 18, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention...

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Brown University To Replace Student Loans With Scholarships
Brown University To Replace Student Loans With Scholarships
December 11, 2017  |  Loans

With the nation collectively owing $1.3 trillion in student loan debt and countless graduates struggling to pay back their student loans, one Ivy League school,...

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CFPB Hits Citibank With Fine Over Student Loan Servicing
CFPB Hits Citibank With Fine Over Student Loan Servicing
November 22, 2017  |  Banking

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday (Nov. 21) it has taken enforcement action against Citibank for what the government watchdog said were failures...

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Consumer Credit: Privilege Or Entitlement?
Consumer Credit: Privilege Or Entitlement?
August 25, 2017  |  Debt

There isn’t much that can be said about the “average” American credit user in 2017 because, as it turns out, there really isn’t one. According...

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Today in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy’s U.S. Expansion Funding
Today in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy’s U.S. Expansion Funding
August 22, 2017  |  Today In Data

It can be argued that one of the highest costs to expanding professional careers is that of funding student loans. Post-primary schooling can be one...

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