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InnovationPlaid Calls For Startups To Help Tackle $1.6T Student Debt...
In its third annual Request for Startups, Plaid is aiming to focus on student debt...
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Payment MethodsPayment Plans And The College Affordability Test
Call it the $1.6 trillion challenge. College is a rite of passage for some,...
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Alternative FinancesBringing Debt Management Into The Digital Age
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns...
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Alternative FinancesIt’s Not Easy Solving For $1.5 Trillion In Student Debt
This week Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren managed to capture a lot of...
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LoansStudent Debt In ‘Serious Delinquency’ Grows
Student debt in arrears has hit record highs as measured by data gleaned from...
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LoansLambda’s Student Loan Alternative
Student debt in America has grown to staggering proportions. By the end of 2018,...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Big Changes In Unexpected Places
Change can be disorienting, particularly when it comes at a fast pace. It’s why the...
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Consumer FinanceA Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with...
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LoansBrown University To Replace Student Loans With Scholarships
With the nation collectively owing $1.3 trillion in student loan debt and countless graduates...
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BankingCFPB Hits Citibank With Fine Over Student Loan Servicing
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday (Nov. 21) it has taken enforcement...
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DebtConsumer Credit: Privilege Or Entitlement?
There isn’t much that can be said about the “average” American credit user in...
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Today In DataToday in Data: U.K. Lender Prodigy's U.S. Expansion Funding
It can be argued that one of the highest costs to expanding professional careers...
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Today In DataToday In Data: CFPB's Loan Forgiveness Program Complaints
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may be in over its head when it...
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LoansStudent Loan Defaults Hurt Homeownership
Student loan debt is still hurting a slew of Americans, with the Federal Reserve...
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Security & FraudFTC: Strategic Student Solutions Defrauded Student Debt Holders
The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday (May 25) it charged the operators of a...
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NewsAmid Reset, Student Loans Offer Tough Lessons on Interest Rates
Students are about to face some real sticker shock on their loans, and quickly. ...
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Today In DataToday In Data: AARP's Report On Seniors' FinTech Contributions
The FinTech industry is set to see a major boom in funds over the...
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Navient Widens Its Monopoly On Student Debt With $6.9B JPMorgan...
With over $1.3 trillion owed in just the United States alone, student debt is...
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RetailWould-Be Millennial Homeowners Crushed Under Student Debt
The 2008 recession is still seeing a ripple effect nearly a decade later. In...
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DebtNavient Can’t Guarantee It Has Student Loan Borrower’s Interest In...
Navient, the nation’s largest student loan servicer, has touted that it wants to help...
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LoansHoney, I Grew The Student Loan Default Rate
Defaulting on student debt has never been a good idea. The collection process is...
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CFPBCFPB Debuts Consumer Credit Card Risk Management Tool
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Thursday (Dec. 15) the launch of Consumer...
- Alternative Finances
Max Levchin's Lending Startup Affirm Casts Its Interest Toward Student...
So what is the next frontier in lending? According to PayPal cofounder Max Levchin,...
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Consumers Rack Up $5.8B Credit Card Debt To End 2014
U.S. consumer borrowing rose by $14.8 billion in December, including a big rebound in...
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CFPB, USDE Provide Debt Relief Against Predatory Lending Scheme
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced...
