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Are American college students using their student loan dollars wisely? A LendEDU study explored how those funds are spent.
March 22 -
Timothy Bowler, president of the ICE Benchmark Administration, which has been responsible for calculating the index since mid-2013, argues that there is a strong case for keeping it going.
February 26 -
The nation's largest private student lender plans to use $30 million of its anticipated tax-cut windfall to speed up its diversification plan and strengthen its digital capabilities.
January 18 -
The two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Monday to the four largest servicing companies asking them to address borrower complaints.
December 18 -
ReliaMax is an unusual kind of marketplace lender that says it can help regional and community banks take advantage of business opportunities in private student lending.
December 11 -
Introducing limits on federally guaranteed loans to graduate students, instead of letting them borrow whatever schools charge, would create a multibillion-dollar opportunity for private lenders.
November 30 -
Residents' low incomes usually disqualify them for standard student loan refinancings, but SoFi and other lenders describe these borrowers as strong credits with high earnings potential who could offset some of the risks lurking in student loan pools.
November 7 -
The tighter spreads on the fintech student lender's latest securitization should help offset a rise in the underlying benchmark rates, keeping its funding costs low — and helping it compete more effectively.
October 27 -
While some tackle the problem by offering their own consolidation loans, Sallie Mae is developing products with extended terms that reduce borrowers' monthly payments in an effort to discourage borrowers from refinancing in the first place.
October 19 -
Navient has suspended stock buybacks to buy and expand a debt-refinancing firm that faces stiff competition from fintechs, and some shareholders aren’t happy.
October 18