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Student loan balances fell $7 billion in Q2 2026 to $1.65 trillion, one of only two debt categories to decline, according to the New York Fed’s latest household debt report.…

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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert on directing banks and credit unions to detect and report suspicious activity tied to federal student aid fraud. It’s…

Federal student loans offer the most borrower protections and flexible repayment options, but there are major changes to graduate and parent PLUS loans. Private loans and education lines of credit…

More than 93% of private undergraduate student loans required a cosigner but a small group of lenders now approves upperclassmen based on academic merit instead of a parent’s credit. Funding…

Roughly 40% of Americans would likely be denied a private student loan, and most approvals depend on a cosigner. About 84% of private student loan borrowers applied with one in…

Abe Student Loans Before applying for a private student loan, DR Bank and Monogram LLC recommend exhausting all financial aid alternatives including grants, scholarships, and federal student loans. The Abe®…

A new federal lawsuit is trying to answer a question more than 1.5 million student loan borrowers have been asking: did the Department of Education actually cancel the loans it…

New Repayment Plans, Borrowing Caps, and Higher Rates The biggest overhaul of federal student loans in a generation takes effect today. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, borrowers who…

Borrowers and advocates watching the American Federation of Teachers v. U.S. Department of Education docket may be wondering where June’s student loan status report is. The answer: there isn’t one,…