Student loans

No Republicans voted for the package of bills intended to overhaul the credit reporting system, casting doubt on its chances in the GOP-controlled Senate.

The company best known for student lending expanded into personal lending less than two years ago. Now it says it is refocusing on core strategic priorities.

The proposal announced Tuesday is aimed at attracting younger voters.

Fed proposal is at odds with the one offered by the FDIC and OCC; judge wants to dispel the “myth” that student loans can’t be expunged in bankruptcy.

The sale comes just three years after the San Francisco bank bought the platform.

Democracy Forward filed the lawsuit Monday against the consumer bureau, Director Kathy Kraninger, the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

The online lender said it applied insights from its partnership with Fifth Third Bancorp in developing a new digital platform it’s marketing to other large financial services companies.

Several proposals in Congress requiring clear disclosures on student loans could help lower defaults.

Home loan originations rose by double digits in the third quarter while auto loan originations approached an all-time high, according to new household credit data from the New York Fed.

Politicians' grand plans to reform the college funding process won't come to fruition anytime soon, so credit unions shouldn't ignore the opportunties presented by student lending.