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Biden administration reverses course, reopens income-based student loan repayment programs
Two student loan repayment plans have been reopened for enrollment by the Department of Education (DOE) following a federal court injunction against the Biden administration's…
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Student loan payments render the holidays unaffordable for many: survey
Soaring costs on everyday items have many Americans wishing they could skip holiday spending, particularly those who resumed paying student…
Nearly a million student loan borrowers back in forbearance following servicer billing errors
The Department of Education withheld $7.2 million in payment to student loan servicers over several billing errors that triggered a…
Arizona-based Christian university announces plans to appeal federally-imposed $37.7M fine
Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University (GCU), the largest Christian university in the U.S., announced plans to appeal a $37.7 million fine…
More student loan borrowers are filing for bankruptcy to offload debt
A growing number of Americans are filing for bankruptcy in order to offload their student loan debt after a three-year…
Private student loan interest rates soar for 5- and 10-year loans
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the…
This week’s student loan loan interest rates fall for 10-year loans
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the…
A quarter of student loan borrowers said they’d boycott repayment
As millions of student loan borrowers prepare to get their first student loan bills in more than three years, some…
Student loan scammers arise as repayment begins
As millions of student loan borrowers prepare to make their first student loan payments in October after a three-year federal…
Domino’s giving $1M in free pizzas to customers facing student loan repayments
Domino's will be making an extension to their new "Emergency Pizza" program and if you're a customer paying off your…
Buy a home in these states to get student loan debt relief
Many Americans said they have to delay major life milestones because of their student loans, but in some states, buying…
College tuition payment plans may put student at risk: CFPB
Tuition repayment plans may seem like a good way to spread out the cost of a college education, but they…
Student loan payments may push some Americans further away from homeownership: survey
The impact of student loan payments, due to resume in October, could set the housing market off track by at…
This week’s private student loan rates plunge for 5-year loans
Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as "Credible" below, is to give you the…
Jobs offering student loan assistance more than double: study
Americans have accrued more than $1 trillion in student loan debt and millions of borrowers will see their first student…
Here’s how borrowers who can’t make student loan payments can avoid defaulting
Borrowers unable to meet their student loan debt obligation come October will be automatically enrolled into a 12-month on-ramp period…
Student loan repayment: Nearly half of Americans with college debt to cut essential spending
With student loan payments resuming after a federal payment pause that lasted more than three years, millions of borrowers could…
Biden administration approves $9B in student loan forgiveness for an additional 125K borrowers
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that an additional 125,000 student loan borrowers would receive a portion of $9 billion in…
Biden administration gears up for second attempt to cancel federal student loans
President Joe Biden announced the next steps toward student loan forgiveness on Friday, which would include a more limited amount…