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On the same day the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a probe into student loan servicing practices, stakeholders ranging from the Department of Education to borrower advocates outlined their wish lists for reforms.

Former Wells Fargo & Co. customer Shahriar Jabbari filed a lawsuit against the bank Wednesday accusing it of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking a closer look at companies that service student loans to determine whether there are patterns of abuse and misinformation in the $1 trillion industry.

Two law firms and their lead attorney on Wednesday lost a default judgment in New York County Supreme Court after allegedly participating in a fraudulent mortgage rescue scheme.

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday received a letter from regulators in 11 states expressing concerns about information provided to students affected by the closure of campuses operated by Corinthian Colleges Inc.

U.S. consumers borrowed more in the first quarter to pay for education and automobiles but their overall debt burden remained mostly flat, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

A new study on student loans runs counter to the popular belief that rising student loan debt is hurting the ability of young adults to access credit.

Two mobile phone companies reached a $158 million settlement with federal and state regulators to resolve allegations that they added third-party service charges to consumers’ telephone bills that were not authorized by consumers.

Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Loan Payment Administration and Daniel Lipsky - the owner of both companies - are named as defendants in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit that accuses the firms of deceptive mortgage practices.

Brad Blackwell, who heads portfolio lending at Wells Fargo, calls his bank's underwriters the "fighter pilots" of the lending industry — they belong to a force trained to attack very specific targets.

The Colorado attorney general's office has sued a retailer for violations of lending and consumer protection laws. The action comes six months after the company agreed to a multimillion-dollar CFPB fine for alleged faulty collection tactics.

Banks hurt by the Target data breach two years ago will not be able to block a settlement they consider unfair, a judge ruled Thursday.

A Vermont consumer protection bill that would regulate the rent-to-own industry and temporarily ban lawsuit loan companies from operating in the state passed in the Vermont House on Friday.

An appeals court ruled Friday that the use of official letterhead from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Consumers increased their borrowing in March by the largest amount in nearly a year as borrowing on credit cards rebounded after two months of declines.

Debt-buying giant Encore Capital Group reports first-quarter gains, including in portfolio purchasing and recoveries.

Bank of America pops up in Friday's news for several reasons, including an article revealing the bank and JPMorgan Chase agreed to scrape debts discharged in bankruptcy from consumers' credit reports within the next three months. The move comes in response to a set of lawsuits.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Thursday the introduction of a newly expanded Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act, legislation aimed at curbing the number of abandoned foreclosed homes, also known as zombie foreclosures.

Debt-buying giant PRA Group on Wednesday reported strong first-quarter gains.

Collection agency J.E. Robert Co. Inc., also called JER Revenue Services, faces a lawsuit that charges that firm with inflating attorney fees owed by residents in New York who were late on their water and sewer bills.