June 9, 2022 New Analysis: More Than 9 Million Public Service Workers with Federal Student Loans Eligible to Pursue Debt Cancellation, Fewer Than 2 Percent Have Received Relief, and Only 15 Percent On Track ...as 1-in-4 U.S. workers are potentially eligible. Based on a new analysis, SBPC launched an interactive map, including new state-by-state projections of the number of borrowers who are eligible for... Learn More
Tariq Habash | March 27, 2020 The CARES Act Leaves Behind Millions of Student Loan Borrowers ...passed, and many loans remained in private hands. These have come to be known as “commercial” FFELP loans. They are owned by companies like Navient, which owns $65 billion in... Learn More
November 16, 2020 Emerging Risks Virtual Conference Series ...and how ISAs fit into this existing fair lending framework. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J7l2eVcg4s&t=920s Keynote Rohit Chopra, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Moderator Stacy Cowley, New York Times Panelists Alissa Gardenswartz, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt... Learn More
August 25, 2020 Emerging Risks Virtual Conference Series ...how ISAs fit into this existing fair lending framework. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J7l2eVcg4s&t=920s Keynote Rohit Chopra, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Moderator Stacy Cowley, New York Times Panelists Alissa Gardenswartz, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck... Learn More
Tariq Habash and Ben Kaufman | May 6, 2020 As Coronavirus Crisis Rages, ISA Companies Ramp Up to Reap the Reward ...had dried on 30 million Americans’ layoff notices, companies peddling “income share agreements” (ISAs) were already trotting out crafty pitches, misleading marketing materials, and new predatory programs aimed at exploiting... Learn More
August 2, 2019 Nation’s Top Student Loan Watchdog Post Remains Vacant 150 Days After CFPB Director Promised to “Quickly” Fill the Role ...borrowers across all levels of government. Failing to Deliver Annual Report on Borrower Complaints The Bureau is required by law to issue a comprehensive annual report describing complaints from student... Learn More
June 25, 2021 Borrowers Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Face Massive Delays on Student Debt Relief ...be processed before payments are set to resume in October. What’s more, they face the stress of knowing a change in their employment status could upend years of careful preparations.... Learn More
May 1, 2020 Advocates and Veterans Groups Urge Financial Institutions to Follow Military Consumer Protection Law During COVID-19 Mobilizations ...lenders, student loan companies, auto lenders, and credit card companies to ensure they protect service members’ rights. The letters are especially urgent given the industry’s widespread abuses of service members... Learn More
Aryn Bussey | July 24, 2019 Educational Redlining? The use of education data in underwriting could leave HBCU and MSI graduates in the dark ...help expand marginalized communities’ access to credit. Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee’s Fintech Task Force is holding a hearing on the use of alternative data to expand access to... Learn More
December 22, 2022 2022 SBPC Highlights Report Download: SBPC 2022 Highlights Report SBPC-EOY-Report-2022Download... Learn More