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SoFi CEO Talks Up Milestones, Values In First Letter To Shareholders
SoFi CEO Talks Up Milestones, Values In First Letter To Shareholders
May 16, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

SoFi’s new chief executive officer Anthony Noto penned his first quarterly missive to shareholders highlighting the company’s mission and its company values but declining to...

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Mulvaney Strips Student Lending Office In CFPB Restructure
Mulvaney Strips Student Lending Office In CFPB Restructure
May 10, 2018  |  CFPB

A restructure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ended all functions of its student lending office, except for consumer education. According to American Banker,...

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Access Group Education Leaks Data On Student Loan Borrowers
Access Group Education Leaks Data On Student Loan Borrowers
April 30, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Access Group Education Lending, the student loan servicing company, has been the subject of a data breach. Fox Business, citing a letter sent to those...

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What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy
What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy
February 20, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

By many measures, the economy looks strong. The stock market — despite a fairly steepWh correction a week ago — is still well ahead of where...

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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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Unpaid Student Loans Cost Workers Jobs, Drivers’ Licenses
Unpaid Student Loans Cost Workers Jobs, Drivers’ Licenses
November 20, 2017  |  Loans

Student loans have an unexpected consequence if they go unpaid: Borrowers who default on their payments can lose their state-issued professional licenses. That’s according to...

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Navient Scoops Up Online Lender Earnest
Navient Scoops Up Online Lender Earnest
October 06, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Earnest, a FinTech startup with hopes of creating a modern financial institution, is selling to student-loan giant Navient for $155 million in cash. According to TechCrunch,...

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Student Loan Collection Draws CFPB Attention And Ire
Student Loan Collection Draws CFPB Attention And Ire
September 19, 2017  |  CFPB

The CFPB laid down some serious fines on National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts and its debt collector, Transworld Systems, Inc. The firms were collectively ordered...

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