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Tag: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit schools to get their student loans erased.
May 31, 2020
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AFT Hits White House as Student Loan Watchdog Chief Resigns
The president of the American Federation of Teachers union is sharply criticizing the Trump administration following a top official’s announcement Monday that he is resigning Friday from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The departure of Seth Frotman – who has been with the bureau since its creation by Congress in 2011 and has served […]
August 28, 2018
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Possible Enforcement Changes to Military Lending Act Spark Outcry
Two letters containing 38 signatures of veteran and military organization service members are expressing concern about the enforcement of the federal Military Lending Act (MLA) have been sent to U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The letters are in response to a reported plan […]
August 23, 2018
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Report: Student Borrowers Mired Deeper in Debt
More student loan borrowers are finding themselves deeper in debt and taking a longer time to pay off their student loans — and an increasing number of student loan borrowers are older than in the past, according to a report released Wednesday from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
August 16, 2017
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CFPB Officials Liken Student Loan Scams to Mortgage Scams
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau student loan ombudsman Seth Frotman recently shared his concern over predatory practices in student loan repayment programs to those that led to the mortgage crisis nearly a decade ago.
September 22, 2015
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