Federal bank regulators are recognizing the plight of student loan borrowers who are unemployed or underemployed and may not be able to begin repaying their private student loan debt shortly after leaving school....more
On June 25, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on “Private Student Loans: Regulatory Perspectives.”...more
Oklahoma has enacted new requirements for private student loans that become effective on July 1, 2013. The requirements are set forth in the Oklahoma Private Student Loan Transparency Act, a part of House Bill No. 1829....more
As we predicted at last week’s meeting of the National Council of Higher Education Resources’ Private Student Loan Committee, the CFPB field hearing held last Wednesday in Miami was devoted to student loan affordability. In...more
UniversityThe CFPB has announced that on May 8, 2013, it will hold a field hearing in Miami-Dade County, Florida on student loan borrowers. CFPB Director Richard Cordray will be giving remarks at the event....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has expanded its public Consumer Complaint Database to include complaints about mortgages, bank deposit products and services, student loans, and other consumer loans (which category...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a proposal to supervise nonbank servicers of private and federal student loans who qualify as “larger participants” in the student loan servicing market. Comments on the...more
The CFPB has issued a proposal to supervise nonbank student loan servicers who qualify as “larger participants” in the student loan servicing market. The CFPB already supervises student loan servicing by larger banks. It also...more
Perhaps with the Obama administration’s “Making Home Affordable” plan in mind, the CFPB announced last week that it was taking the first step to develop a “student loan affordability plan” by issuing a Notice and Request for...more
The CFPB has issued its examination procedures for student lenders. The procedures will be used by the CFPB’s examiners in examinations of large banks that make private student loans (meaning banks with total assets of more...more
Last week Peter Jackson, the Senior Advisor for Communications at the CFPB, put up a post on the CFPB’s blog describing the CFPB’s “Paying for College” web tools, which are currently in a beta stage and which are still...more