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Huge Collection Fees Making It More Difficult For Cash-Strapped Students To...
Each year, millions of college students rack up student loans that won’t come due until they leave school. But even with financial aid, some students have trouble keeping up with the soaring costs of...
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Did Wells Fargo Fail To Refund Customers’ Auto Insurance?
Only weeks after being accused of pushing hundreds of thousands of auto loan customers into paying for unwanted and unnecessary insurance plans, Wells Fargo finds itself in another possible insurance...
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USDA Says Chicago Soda Tax Puts $87M In Federal Food Stamp Funding At Risk
A controversial tax on sweetened beverages in Chicago is putting the entire state of Illinois at risk for losing millions in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP,...
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Here’s A Giant List Of Solar Eclipse Promotions
On Monday, Aug. 21, people from Oregon to South Carolina will get to experience a rare total solar eclipse, with folks outside this path still experiencing a partial eclipse. And because every notable...
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CFPB Asks Education Secretary DeVos To Not Give Up On Protections For Student...
A week after Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos essentially broke up with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending the agencies’ agreements to work together to root out bad players in the...
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Student Lender, Debt Collector To Refund More Than $3.5M To Borrowers
Two months after private student loan lender National Collegiate Student Loan Trust came under scrutiny amid reports that the company, along with its debt collector TransWorld, filed illegal student...
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Jeweler, Wife Face Criminal Charges Of Preying On Military Servicemembers
Among unethical retailers, there’s a certain subset of predators that target members of the armed forces and their family. The latest example: A California couple who pushed military personnel to...
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Bank-Backed Congressman Praises Betsy DeVos For Cutting Ties With Consumer...
Congressman Jeb Hensarling of Texas, whose campaign has received more than $8 million from the financial sector since 2010, has long endeavored to undercut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an...
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The Many Ways In Which Your Kid’s Smartwatch Can Be Hacked
Most of us aren’t going to spend hundreds of dollars on an Apple Watch for our kids, but there are many less-expensive, kid-targeted smartwatches available. Unfortunately, a new report claims that your...
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25 States Urge Betsy DeVos To Not Let Student Loan Companies Sidestep The Law
Since Betsy DeVos took over as Secretary, the Department of Education has been — to put it mildly — generous to the student loan industry. Through DeVos, the Trump administration has stopped...
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