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Navient Reaches $120 Million Student Loan Settlement With Consumer Watchdog

The company has been banned from servicing federal student loans and must pay $100 million to harmed borrowers, as well as a $20 million penalty.

He Was Lured by a Promising Job, but Was Forced to Scam People

A Ugandan man named Jalil Muyeke traveled to Thailand for a promising job opportunity. He ended up being trafficked into a cybercrime operation.

Do Borrowers Still Have to Make Student Loan Payments Under SAVE?

The president’s student loan repayment plan remains suspended after a Supreme Court ruling. Here’s what that means for borrowers.

How to Avoid Online Scams and What to Do if You Become a Victim

Here are tips on how to dodge some of the most devastating schemes and what to do if you or someone you care about becomes...

How Fed Rates Influence Mortgages, Credit Cards and More

Higher rates benefit those who can save, but for borrowers, falling rates would reduce bills on credit cards, home equity loans and other forms of...

Scammers Are Targeting Older Americans and Their Retirement Savings

Criminals on the internet are increasingly going after Americans over the age of 60 because they are viewed as having the largest piles of savings.

Biden Administration Pauses Student Loan Payments for Millions

Eight million borrowers enrolled in the repayment plan known as SAVE will be placed in an interest-free forbearance while the administration deals with legal issues.

Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Blocked by Federal Appeals Court

Eight million borrowers who are enrolled in the plan, known as SAVE, are left in limbo after a series of rulings tied to two lawsuits...

A Major Part of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan, SAVE, Is Restored

Federal appellate judges ruled that the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan could continue to operate as legal challenges to the program work their...

Student Loan Payments Paused for 3 Million Enrolled in SAVE Plan

The Education Department said it would put the borrowers in forbearance while it recalculated their payments to comply with recent court rulings.