The Departments of Education and Justice, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., announced this past Tuesday a sizable settlement
against student loan servicers Sallie Mae and Navient for overcharging and imposing excessive fees to military members.
If you don't believe me, just go ahead and file a complaint
against your student loan servicer and see how much protection you get.
In total, there were 177,293 complaints - 5,344 of which were made
against student loan servicers.
The table below features the five most common complaints made
against student loan servicers for private student loans only and how many times each complaint has been filed in 2017.
Just last week, Navient lost two separate dismissal motions regarding two different lawsuits that were filed
against the student loan servicer.
On Wednesday, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit
against student loan servicer giant, Navient.
Not exact matches
The largest U.S.
student loan servicer, Navient (navi), cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars, often by deceiving them about repayment options and their legal rights, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it announced a lawsuit
against the company.
But
loan servicers may not credit your
student loan «prepayments»
against your
loan principal.
Lawsuits filed
against one of the nation's largest
student loan servicers by the federal government's consumer watchdog and two states highlight the importance of knowing your options for repaying
student loan debt.
«This heightens the tension between borrowers who are already struggling to understand how they can best repay their
student loans and
student loan servicers who seem to be actively working
against their best interests,» said Jay Fleischman, a lawyer specializing in resolving
student loan debt issues.
In January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit
against Navient, the nation's largest
servicer of both federal and private
student loans.
Student loan borrowers aren't defenseless
against loan servicers.
Navient, the nation's largest
student loan servicer, is fighting back
against allegations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it misled and defrauded thousands of
student debt holders.
LendEDU covered a lawsuit earlier in 2017 that was filed
against Navient when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleged that the
student loan servicer cheated borrowers by establishing obstacles to repayment, leading to higher
student loan balances and greater interest.
In addition, we reported the total number of complaints made
against each
servicer for federal
student loans, private
student loans, and both combined.
The Bureau also initiated an enforcement action
against a large
student loan servicer during the time period covered by this report.
Another interesting statistic that we found is that, despite private
student loans making up only around 10 % of the total
student loan market, 42 % of all complaints
against servicers were made regarding private
student loans.
Let's take a closer look into Cornerstone
student loans and see how they stack up
against other
servicers and look closely into everything that Cornerstone has to offer for a
student loan debtor in repayment.
The following table shows the complaints made
against each
servicer regarding all types of
student loans - both federal and private.
Last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the attorneys general of Illinois and Washington State filed lawsuits
against Navient, the country's largest
student loan servicer, which handles roughly one in four
student borrowers.
The division was instrumental in helping
students and young consumers navigate a confusing and costly system, as well as taking legal action
against lenders, predatory for - profit colleges,
loan servicers, and debt collectors who misled young people.
While having long - term implications for the financial health of borrowers, a present concern for consumer advocates is that it is unclear what will happen to the CFPB's ongoing lawsuit
against the large
student loan servicer, Navient, who was sued under the previous CFPB directorship over findings it committed widespread fraud and abuse
against student loan borrowers.
Borrowers already have very little consumer protections to defend themselves
against the predatory behavior of
student loan servicers.
With the help of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) database, The
Student Loan Report was able to find out how many complaints were filed against each of the nine student loan servicers that handle federal and private
Student Loan Report was able to find out how many complaints were filed against each of the nine student loan servicers that handle federal and private lo
Loan Report was able to find out how many complaints were filed
against each of the nine
student loan servicers that handle federal and private
student loan servicers that handle federal and private lo
loan servicers that handle federal and private
loans.
After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received over 1,000 complaints
against Navient from Pennsylvania residents, the state's Attorney General Josh Shapiro recently filed a lawsuit
against the largest
student loan servicer in the country.
The Missouri Higher Education
Loan Authority (MOHELA), one of nine student loan companies that manages the federal government's trillion dollar student loan portfolio, has filed a protest against the Department of Education's plan to choose a single servicer company for handling federal student lo
Loan Authority (MOHELA), one of nine
student loan companies that manages the federal government's trillion dollar student loan portfolio, has filed a protest against the Department of Education's plan to choose a single servicer company for handling federal student lo
loan companies that manages the federal government's trillion dollar
student loan portfolio, has filed a protest against the Department of Education's plan to choose a single servicer company for handling federal student lo
loan portfolio, has filed a protest
against the Department of Education's plan to choose a single
servicer company for handling federal
student loans.
For example, the federal government filed suit in January of 2017
against Navient, the largest
servicer of
student loans in the U.S. with 12 million customers who owe $ 300 billion.
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