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CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior

CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
January 10, 2020  |  CFPB

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed lawsuits against several companies offering to forgive student loan debt for allegedly obtaining peoples’ data illegally, charging...

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SoFi Founder Mike Cagney Notches Near-$103M For New FinTech
SoFi Founder Mike Cagney Notches Near-$103M For New FinTech
December 02, 2019  |  Investments

Silicon Valley’s Figure Technologies, co-founded by SoFi Founder Mike Cagney, has raised $103 million in a Series C funding round, reports said on Sunday (Dec....

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Summer Lands $10M To Help Students Eliminate Debt
Summer Lands $10M To Help Students Eliminate Debt
September 26, 2019  |  Investments

A startup that focuses on helping student borrowers with their debt has raised $10 million in a funding round, according to a report. Get the...

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Tech Taking The Bite Out of Student Loan Debt: One Employer Benefit Plan At A Time
Tech Taking The Bite Out of Student Loan Debt: One Employer Benefit Plan At A...
August 20, 2019  |  Debt

The cost of higher education lingers, stymieing borrowers (and their parents) as they navigate their financial lives.  Employees job hop, chasing higher paychecks to pay...

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Unpaid Student Loans And Credit Card Debt Mount In US
Unpaid Student Loans And Credit Card Debt Mount In US
August 15, 2019  |  Debt

An increasing number of Americans are struggling to keep up with their student loan and credit card debt, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Aug. 13). Get...

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The Struggle To Make Tuition Payments On Time Is Real
The Struggle To Make Tuition Payments On Time Is Real
August 05, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

The student debt crisis is no joke — loans considered to be in “serious delinquency” continue to increase, which is why it’s not surprising that...

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Keeping Pace In An Accelerating Payments Race 
Keeping Pace In An Accelerating Payments Race 
August 02, 2019  |  Today In Data

The U.S. is known for, among other things, being a “more is more” kind of place. Sometimes that is a good thing (case in point: our...

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Payment Plans And The College Affordability Test
Payment Plans And The College Affordability Test
August 01, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Call it the $1.6 trillion challenge. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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