Student Loan Payments

Cardiff students warned of loan scam

Students are being warned by Cardiff Trading Standards against a devious student loan scam. An email claiming to be from the Student Loans Company asks for personal information, including bank account details, in exchange for student loan payments.

College graduates struggle with student loan debts: Plain Dealing

Student loan debts are growing so high that experts say college grads are putting off rites of passage like marrying, buying homes -- sometimes even moving out of their parents' homes.

Locals applaud student loan changes

University of Iowa student leaders probably won't take action following a recent change in Sallie Mae's forbearance policies. Sallie Mae — the nation's largest distributor of private student loans — changed its fee policy Feb. 2 in response to a Change.org petition that received 77,000 signatures.

President Obama’s student loan debt relief plan goes into effect early

Graduate students received financial assistance from President Obama’s student loan debt relief plan last month. Originally, this was supposed take place on Jan. 2014, but in the midst of the tuition and loan crisis students will see their financial loans lessen this year.

Fitch Affirms Rhode Island Student Loan Authority 2008 Trust; Revises Outlook to Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings on the outstanding senior class A and subordinate class I notes for the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority 2008 Trust notes. Fitch has also revised the Rating Outlook on the notes to Stable from Negative.

Discharging Student Loan in Bankruptcy Requires Major Hardship

Student loan debt is not easy to walk away from. In fact, private and federal student loans are not eligible for discharge in a bankruptcy filing unless you can prove that paying them would produce an 'undue hardship.'

Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments on student loans

NEW YORK -- The private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee charged to struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.