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On August 2, 2024, the Illinois governor signed SB 86 into law to amend the Illinois Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act and the Illinois Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Establishing new requirements that will...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to student lending along with some information related to financial products and services offered to students....more
The CFPB recently released a report regarding higher education tuition payment plans that discusses prevailing practices and highlights certain CFPB concerns regarding consumer impact. The CFPB’s report was based upon (a) a...more
A bipartisan group of 40 AGs, led by California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Washington, reached a settlement with student loan servicer Navient Corporation and related entities (collectively, “Navient”) to...more
Earlier this week, Rohit Chopra, CFPB Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman, spoke to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis about student loan debt. As he has on other occasions, Mr. Chopra referred to $1.2 trillion...more