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Leaders at Navient and Sallie Mae said that Trump's sweeping student-loan repayment changes will be a boon to their private lending business.

・Federal student loans still offer stronger protections, but changes to repayment programs, especially for parents, changes the dynamic. ・Private student loans can offer lower rates for creditworthy ...

It's been a confusing time for people with student loans ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to limit student loan forgiveness under a popular federal program for public servants is facing a major new legal test this week ...

If you don’t understand it, that’s not your fault. It’s just phenomenally complicated,” says Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers.

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...

Many federal student loan borrowers surveyed said they don't know about income-driven repayment plans or Public Service Loan Forgiveness. But these U.S. Department of Education programs can lower ...

Even though lawsuits restricted federal student loan forgiveness, thousands of borrowers still received forgiveness in 2025.

As of Q3 2025, early-stage delinquencies, late-stage delinquencies, and gross charge-offs stand at 3.49%, 1.71%, and 2.71%, respectively. Forbearance utilization is well within the pre-pandemic ...