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  • Blogs
    Jul 31, 2020

    Fintech Lenders’ Responses to Senate Probe Heighten Fears of Educational Redlining

    The SBPC found that the company’s use of this data resulted in ‘educational redlining,’ penalizing borrowers who attended minority-serving institutions. Upstart’s practices highlight key problems related to the use of educational criteria in underwriting, federal fair lending laws, and equal credit access.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 30, 2020

    NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and Student Borrower Protection Center Send Letter to Financial Technology Firm over Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Fair Housing Act Violations

    The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the SBPC sent a demand letter to financial technology firm Upstart explaining how the firm’s algorithm likely violates the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Housing Act.

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  • Blogs
    Jul 28, 2020

    Innovation or Discrimination? Fair Lending Risks and ISAs

    Although the U.S. is desperately in need of solutions for the student debt crisis—and the accompanying racial and ethnic disparities—features of existing Income Share Agreements threaten to exacerbate these inequalities.

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  • News Clips
    Jun 29, 2020

    Student debt crisis creates a ‘vicious cycle’ of inequality in Black, Latino neighborhoods, report finds

    The report by the Student Borrower Protection Center, a consumer advocacy group, analyzed previous borrower data prepared by regional Federal Reserve banks and the city governments of New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and San Francisco and found a commonality that students in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods are more reliant on student loans and shoulder a greater debt burden.

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  • Reports
    Jun 29, 2020

    Disparate Debts: How Student Loans Drive Racial Inequality Across Cities

    This report examines alarming racial disparities in student debt burdens and borrower distress across American cities.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 29, 2020

    New Report Finds Severe Racial Disparities for Student Loan Borrowers Across American Cities

    Alarming racial disparities in student debt burden and borrower distress exist across American cities, according to a new report issued today by the Student Borrower Protection Center.

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  • Blogs
    Mar 4, 2020

    Maryland Stands Up to Predatory Student Loan Lawsuit Machine Targeting Borrowers of Color

    This morning, we released new analysis showing how these private student loan collection practices are harming borrowers across the country—and hitting borrowers in Maryland particularly hard. Creditors are dragging Maryland borrowers into court for debt they often do not owe. Lacking the documents necessary to back up their claims, these companies are manipulating courts into garnishing borrowers’ wages for illegitimate debt.

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  • News Clips
    Feb 6, 2020

    Graduates Of Historically Black Colleges May Be Paying More For Loans: Watchdog Group

    “It really raised some alarm flags,” said Kat Welbeck, the civil rights counsel at the nonprofit Student Borrower Protection Center.

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  • Reports
    Feb 5, 2020

    Educational Redlining

    The SBPC’s analysis of fintech and banking products uncovered cases where a prospective borrower may be hit with thousands of dollars in additional credit costs if he or she attended a community college, an Historically Black College or University (HBCU), or an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

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  • Press Releases
    Feb 5, 2020

    New Report Finds ‘Educational Redlining’ Penalizes Borrowers Who Attended Community Colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions, Perpetuates Systemic Disparities

    Advocacy organization calls on congress, regulators to crack down on consumer lenders’ use of education data, warns of fair lending abuses.

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