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Thousands of student-loan borrowers are getting their debt wiped out. Here's how to know if you're one of them.
Navient reached a $1.85 billion settlement with 39 attorneys general that includes $1.7 billion in …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Meet a recent college grad with $143,000 in student debt: 'There have been times when I didn't eat' to afford the payments
When Karla couldn't afford to pay $1,000 a month as she planned, her servicing company, Sallie Mae,…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A senator said 3 decades ago the student-loan system was broken. Everything has gotten worse since.
"We have yet to hear of even a single part of the student-loan program that is working efficiently …
Ayelet Sheffey
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'It's our generation's milestone': From Sallie Mae-themed music videos to popping debt balloons, here are all the ways people are celebrating paying off student loans
The class of 2019 was the last of the millennials to graduate college, and like other members of th…
Allana Akhtar
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Raisin (SaveBetter) Review: High-Yield Accounts, but are They Trustworthy?
Raisin (formerly SaveBetter) is an online marketplace that connects you with some of the best depos…
Laura Grace Tarpley, CEPF,Sop…
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A Democratic lawmaker who voted to block Biden's broad student-loan forgiveness doubled down on his opposition and said borrowers can 'pay back their loans just like working class people'
"The Twitterati can keep bemoaning their privileged status and demanding handouts all they want," R…
Ayelet Sheffey
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I was drowning in student-loan debt, so I bought a house and flipped it. I used the profit to pay off my loans.
When his teaching job didn't pay the bills, he bought a house and sold it three years later. The mo…
Ryan Crawley
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CDs offering 6% interest
Discover CDs offering 6% interest. CDs paying above 6% APY can be found at a few local credit union…
Sophia Acevedo, CEPF
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What is a 529 plan? How they work and what they're used for
A 529 plan is an investment account earmarked for educational expenses. Earnings and withdrawals ar…
Lee Huffman,Tessa Campbell
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Money-market funds rake in $300 billion in just three weeks as banks face deposit 'bleed-out'
A record $304 billion was poured into money-market funds in the three weeks through March 29 as inv…
Zahra Tayeb
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A woman with 4 jobs who still couldn't keep up with $250,000 of debt asked YouTuber Caleb Hammer for help
Teryca Brooks-Long said she had $250,000 in private student-loan debts to pay off, as well as a car…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Why Elizabeth Warren wants to fire the company servicing your student loans
Even before she was a senator, Warren criticized Navient for student-loan abuses. She told Insider …
Ayelet Sheffey
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A man with $57K of debt eating 40% of his income said ignoring his mental health made his problem spiral
Duncan, 26, told "Financial Audit" host Caleb Hammer urged other people to tackle their mental-heal…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Biden's vow to fix the student-loan mess is about to get a big test as 2 companies shut down and leave millions of borrowers hanging. His Education Dept. 'needs to deliver on its promises,' an expert says.
"We need to actually fix the system before we turn payments back on," Seth Frotman of the Student B…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Meet a 34-year-old with $250,000 in student debt after 13 years of barely keeping up with her monthly interest payments: 'I never felt like I could get a handle on it'
Janell Tryon didn't know the interest on her student loans would stack up so quickly. She now owes …
Jason Lalljee
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The Supreme Court shut down Biden's student loan forgiveness and refinancing startups are waiting to pounce
Private lenders promise big savings if you refinance your student loans — but the offers will…
Thomas Gokey
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5.6 million student-loan borrowers could be subject to 'abusive practices' next year at the hands of a new company, Elizabeth Warren warns
Maximus is taking over for the controversial student-loan company Navient next year, and Democrats …
Ayelet Sheffey
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$50 billion of student debt could be entitled to automatic cancellation in bankruptcy but borrowers may not know about it
The report by the Student Borrower Protection Center is the first estimate of how much private stud…
Cezary Podkul
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Elizabeth Warren is holding up the confirmation of a top Education Dept. nominee to push for better administration of student-loan servicers
A source familiar with the matter told Insider that Sen. Warren is responsible for holding up James…