Student loans

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday ordered Citibank to pay $6.5 million in consumer relief and penalties for student loan servicing failures.

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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.

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.

As more loans go bad across the credit card industry, the Riverwoods, Ill.-based company boosted its provision for loan losses by 51%.

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.

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.

Nearly half of black Americans who borrowed from the federal government to attend college defaulted on their student loans, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education.