student loans

Flywire Streamlines Tuition Payments For Indian Students
Flywire Streamlines Tuition Payments For Indian Students
October 18, 2018  |  Faster Payments

Most people know that China is the world-leading supplier of students studying abroad. As of 2017, a little more than 600,000 Chinese students left the country to...

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Why Scratch Says Loan Servicing Needs A Ground-Up Rebuild
Why Scratch Says Loan Servicing Needs A Ground-Up Rebuild
September 27, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

If the world were a more logical place, it would always be easy for a borrower to pay their debts as quickly and easily as...

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US Credit Scores Soar To 704, But Debt Looms
US Credit Scores Soar To 704, But Debt Looms
September 25, 2018  |  Debt

New data shows that as U.S. credit scores hit their highest point since the Great Recession, Americans are also borrowing more than ever. According to...

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Accepts Few Applicants
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Accepts Few Applicants
September 21, 2018  |  Loans

To help manage their student loan debts, 28,000 borrowers have sent in 33,300 applications for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. However, approximately 99...

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New York AG Sues Student Loan Servicing Companies
New York AG Sues Student Loan Servicing Companies
September 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

New York’s attorney general Barbara Underwood on Thursday (September 20) sued ten companies and two executives for tricking student loan borrowers into purchasing student loan...

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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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Scratch Mobile App Makes Paying Off Loans Easy
Scratch Mobile App Makes Paying Off Loans Easy
September 18, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Startup Scratch is working to make paying off student and personal loans simpler for borrowers through an easy-to-use mobile app. Earlier this year, it was...

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Mobilizing Student Loan Disbursements
Mobilizing Student Loan Disbursements
September 10, 2018  |  Disbursements

As if accidents and disasters aren’t bad enough, handling the ensuing insurances claims can in itself become lengthy debacles. Underscoring that process, or seeming lack...

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CFPB Ombudsman Quits, Says Bureau ‘Abandoned’ Consumers
CFPB Ombudsman Quits, Says Bureau ‘Abandoned’ Consumers
August 28, 2018  |  CFPB

Seth Frotman, an assistant director and student loan ombudsman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), had some harsh words for acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney...

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