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  • News Clips
    Jan 21, 2021

    Student loan companies return to court to collect on private education debt

    Private education lenders and creditors have resumed filing new lawsuits and continuing existing cases to recover past-due debts, according to court records. Many companies had vowed to halt collections litigation as Americans faced layoffs and wage reductions in the beginning of the health crisis.

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  • News Clips
    Jan 20, 2021

    Biden’s Pick to Lead Consumer Protection Agency Is an Aggressive Advocate for Student Borrowers

    Rohit Chopra was on the forefront of identifying how this afterthought in consumer finance was growing more significant, more nefarious, in tens of millions of people’s lives.

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  • News Clips
    Jan 14, 2021

    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signs $626 million economic development bill that spurs housing production, funds small business grants

    The new law creates a Student Loan Ombudsman office that will review complaints, educate borrowers, and more. The bill is based on one filed by Lesser and Rep. Natalie Higgins, a Worcester Democrat. Lesser said the law creates new protections for more than 1 million student loan borrowers in Massachusetts.

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    Dec 22, 2020

    Report: Dept. of Education Empowered Loan Servicers to Mislead Public Service Borrowers

    An explosive new report released today by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the American Federation of Teachers sheds new light on the U. S. Department of Education’s role in mismanaging the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 30, 2020

    New Report Uncovers 5 Million Student Loan Servicing Errors, Jeopardizing Loan Forgiveness And Costing Borrowers Thousands

    A new investigatory report issued by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the American Federation of Teachers has uncovered millions of student loan servicing errors that have caused lasting financial harm to borrowers.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 30, 2020

    Biden Promises Some Student Loan Forgiveness. Student Borrowers Hope he Delivers

    A report issued this week by student loan experts and advocates entitled, “Delivering on Debt Relief,” argues that the approaches — administrative action or legislation — are not mutually exclusive and will depend on the circumstances and the specific debt relief programs the Biden administration will try to reform.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 13, 2020

    The ‘Broken’ Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness System is Particularly Brutal for Military Veterans

    A new investigation by the Student Borrower Protection Center found that members of the military are facing several obstacles when it comes to getting student loan forgiveness.

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  • News Clips
    Nov 11, 2020

    A Sobering Figure for Veteran’s Day: 200,000 Service Members Owe Nearly $3 Billion in Student Loans

    Roughly 200,000 service members owe nearly $3 billion in student loans and yet, just 17,534 have officially begun the process of having their loans discharged under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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  • News Clips
    Oct 22, 2020

    Cunningham, Gopal Bill to Regulate Private Student Loan Lenders Advances

    The bill would set new standards for the servicing of cosigned private student loans. It would require more robust disclosures, ensure cosigner release is accessible to all borrowers and require cosigners to have access to all documents related to the loan, among other things. New Jersey currently has more than 130,000 older borrowers, who are most often co-signers helping their children or other relatives attend school.

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    Oct 22, 2020

    Student loan watchdog accuses lender Climb Credit of ‘troubling tactics’

    The report by D.C.-based Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) found that the New York-based fintech company’s practices “may place it in violation” of the Consumer Financial Protection Act and other consumer protection laws, according to details shared exclusively with Yahoo Finance.

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