Debt collectors work with universities, colleges and private lenders to collect student loans. For education loans backed by the federal government, the U.S. Department of Education has a clearly-defined collection program that uses private collection agencies. Recent changes in federal law will shift all previously federally backed loans to direct loans from the federal government, cutting private lenders out of the equation.
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AG of New York Extends Debt Collection Suspension for 10th Time
2 February 2021
An Honest Discussion on the Impact of Cancelling Student Loan Debt
28 January 2021
CFPB Taskforce Report (Part 2): The 19 Focus Areas and 102 Recommendations of Volume 2
7 January 2021
CFPB's Latest Report Focuses on Actual Payment Information in Credit Reports
2 December 2020
Credit Eco To Go: A State of the ARM Industry Discussion
21 September 2020
Former Students With Defaulted Federal Loans Are Missing Out on a Key Cares Act Benefit
10 September 2020
Attorneys General Band Together, Urge Senate to Provide Further Student Loan Relief
6 August 2020
Hit from Both Sides: Third Circuit Allows CFPB and State AG to Run Concurrent Lawsuits Against Navient
29 July 2020
Federal Student Aid Cancels Second of Three NextGen Solicitations, Makes Awards in One
15 July 2020
TCPA Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Continue to Get Slapped Around in RICO Conspiracy Case
9 July 2020
Behind the Scenes of Student Loan Payments During Covid-19
24 June 2020
House Version of New Stimulus Package Proposes Debt Collectors Go Into Debt So Consumers Don't Have To
14 May 2020
RICO Claim Update: Navient Beats the Lohman Law Firm Again–Court Determines Crime/Fraud Exception Permits Disclosure
27 April 2020
Three Solutions to Help Defaulted Borrowers Under the CARES Act Provisions
15 April 2020
Consumer Groups Call for Cancellation of Federal Student Loan Debt as Part of Pandemic Relief
14 April 2020
Ugly TCPA Conspiracy Case—Filed by Navient Against a Plaintiff's Attorney—Cleansed a Bit by Dismissing Counterclaims
9 April 2020
ED Suspends Student Debt Collection Due to COVID-19
25 March 2020
New York Temporarily Halts Collection on Medical, Student Debt Owed to the State
18 March 2020
Whitepaper on Debt Collection Released by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors
13 February 2020
CFPB, ED Sued for Failure to Oversee Student Loan Servicers
26 November 2019