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  • News Clips
    Sep 18, 2024

    Back to School: Shedding Light on Risks and Harm in the Private Student Lending and Servicing Market

    The witnesses will be: Ms. Aissa Canchola Bañez, Policy Director, Student Borrower Protection Center; Dr. Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; and Ms. Dalié Jiménez, Professor of Law and Director, Student Loan Law Initiative, University of California, Irvine School of Law.

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  • Testimony & Remarks
    Sep 17, 2024

    Testimony of Aissa Canchola Bañez Before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee

    See here to read Aissa Canchola Bañez’s September 17, 2024, testimony.

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 17, 2024

    As Senate Hearing Sets Stage for Federal Policymakers to Take Overdue Action to Protect the Millions With Private Student Loans, SBPC Releases New State-by-State Data

    MOHELA is once again under fire, this time for it’s growing role in private loan markets.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 13, 2024

    Navient Pays the Piper

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    Sep 13, 2024

    Tired of guessing about student loan forgiveness? Here’s what to do.

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    Sep 12, 2024

    DNC highlights need for student loan forgiveness

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    Sep 12, 2024

    A Big Student Loan Relief Program Ends In 18 Days, With Credit Report And Loan Forgiveness Implications

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  • News Clips
    Sep 12, 2024

    Navient, CFPB reach $120M settlement over landmark student loan servicing case

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 12, 2024

    Navient Corporation Permanently Banned from Federal Student Loan Servicing Market, Ordered to Pay $100 Million to Cheated Borrowers

    CFPB’s blockbuster enforcement action drove Biden-Harris Administration to cancel $50 billion in student loans for one million borrowers.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 11, 2024

    Activists call on Joe Biden to take action on these issues before leaving office

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 11, 2024

    Advisory for Tuesday, September 17: For First Time in A Decade, Senate to Hold Hearing Solely Dedicated to Private Student Loans

    SBPC policy director and long-time student loan expert to provide testimony along with Dalié Jiménez, co-founder of the Student Loan Law Initiative.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 10, 2024

    Oakland author takes unflinching look at student debt crisis, but offers solutions

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 10, 2024

    NCLC, PPSL, and SBPC Joint Statement on 50+ Lawmaker Letter to Cardona About MOHELA

    It is long past time for ED to conduct a robust review of MOHELA’s failures.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 10, 2024

    Millions of student-loan borrowers’ payments are being ‘wildly’ mismanaged by a major servicer — and it might be time to terminate its contract, over 50 Democratic lawmakers say

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  • Investigations
    Sep 10, 2024

    Total Private Student Loan Balance by State

    Explore our map indicating the total private student loan balance by state.

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  • News Clips
    Sep 7, 2024

    For-Profit College Students Sue MOHELA for Not Delivering Promised Debt Forgiveness

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  • News Clips
    Sep 5, 2024

    ‘Dangerous’: Judge Blocks Student Debt Relief Rule That Doesn’t Exist Yet

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  • News Clips
    Sep 5, 2024

    Student loan borrowers are in limbo while legal challenges wend through courts

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 5, 2024

    Right-Wing Georgia Judge Temporarily Blocks Student Debt Relief Rule that Does Not Yet Exist

    Bypassing Missouri federal courts, the Missouri AG manipulates the justice system to protect MOHELA’s profits.

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  • News Clips
    Aug 29, 2024

    Biden’s newest student loan repayment plan temporarily blocked by Supreme Court

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