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• Billions in private student loans could be wiped away. Do you still have to pay?

  Judges could erase the debt of thousands of borrowers in default. Here’s why.

  2 min read Jul 20, 2017

  

• Discover personal loans: 2018 comprehensive review

  Discover, best known as a credit card issuer, is one of only a handful of lenders that offers personal loans without charging origination fees. This is significant because the fees, which typically range [...]

  4 min read May 02, 2017

  

• Big Ten, Big 12 lead conferences with highest student loan debt

  Some schools are fumbling more than others when it comes to student loan debt.

  1 min read Jan 03, 2017

  

• The 10 states with the most personal loan debt

  Personal loan debt is on the rise, especially in these states.

  1 min read Aug 25, 2016

  

• Loan gone bad? You probably can’t sue

  Like with other financial products, personal loan borrower agreements contain language requiring you to waive your right to settle a dispute in court before a jury.

  2 min read Jul 26, 2016

  

• Clinton: Go to college, let US pay for it

  By 2021, families with income up to $125,000 will pay no tuition at in-state 4-year public colleges and universities under Clinton’s plan.

  2 min read Jul 25, 2016

  

• Student loans a back burner issue for GOP

  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been hard to pin down on student loans.

  2 min read Jul 18, 2016

  

• A nude selfie as loan collateral?

  In financial transactions that more closely resemble a hostage-taking, desperate college women in China are reportedly turning over naked pictures as collateral for their loans.

  1 min read Jun 20, 2016

  

• Lending Club increases personal loan rates

  The embattled personal loan outfit raised interest rates Tuesday for nearly all borrowers in an effort to “boost the attractiveness of the asset to investors,” the company said in a filing with the [...]

  2 min read Jun 08, 2016

  

• Feds issue rules to stop payday loan abuses

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new regulations today aimed at ending the recurring cycle of debt from payday loans .

  3 min read Jun 02, 2016