While repayment terms for a student loan are typically set at 10 years, it takes, on average, 20 years to pay the loan off.

Student loan payments plague millions of Americans, and with interest constantly accruing, it can sometimes feel like there's no end in sight. For some consumers, it can even make handling everyday ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week said it had reached a $120 million settlement with student loan giant Navient that could lead to compensation for hundreds of thousands of borrowers.

BOSTON (AP) — Navient, a major student loan collecting company, agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in debt owed by more than 66,000 borrowers across the U.S. and pay over $140 million in other penalties to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of student borrowers could begin having their wages garnished as soon as this summer, according to estimates from credit bureau TransUnion. The company predicts that by August ...

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