Do you have
private student loan debt collectors harassing you?
Not exact matches
A
debt collector seeking to recover a
private student loan does not work for, represent, or collect on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education or any other branch of the federal government.
A
debt collector trying to collect payments on a
private student loan generally may not:
For the first time in history, this means that the Federal government will be able to regulate the actions of independent payday lenders,
private mortgage lenders and servicers,
debt collectors, credit reporting agencies, and
private student loan companies.
A Bad Mix:
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Students can use
debt validation to check if their
private student loan debt is «legally collectible», by forcing their alleged
debt collectors to verify they have complete and accurate records, that they're abiding by all the laws, and maintaining the appropriate documentation and licensing.
Debt collectors, who were working for National Collegiate
Student Loan Trusts to collect on private student loans originated about a decade ago, were accused of utilizing deceptive, yet legal, documents to get private loan borrowers to
Student Loan Trusts to collect on private student loans originated about a decade ago, were accused of utilizing deceptive, yet legal, documents to get private loan borrowers to pay
Loan Trusts to collect on
private student loans originated about a decade ago, were accused of utilizing deceptive, yet legal, documents to get private loan borrowers to
student loans originated about a decade ago, were accused of utilizing deceptive, yet legal, documents to get
private loan borrowers to pay
loan borrowers to pay up.
The CFPB says that it will assist all borrowers experiencing problems taking out a
private student loan, repaying their
private student loan, or managing a
student loan that has gone into default and may have been referred to a
debt collector.
The CFPB has handled about 50,700
student loan related complaints and sent complaints to about 360 companies, in total, including
student loan servicers,
debt collectors,
private student lenders, and companies marketing
student loan «
debt relief.»
The federal government can withhold all or part of a tax refund and up to 15 % of monthly Social Security benefits to pay back defaulted federal
student loans.3 (These federal «offsets» do not apply to
private student loans, but
private debt collectors may threaten to take such action.)
Once a
student loan is in default, that is when
debt collectors will start being more aggressive with collection efforts and threaten to do things such as garnish your wages, intercept your tax refund or possibly even sue you (for
private student loans) for not making your
student loan payments.