After years of changes to repayment options, borrowers are struggling to stay on top of their loans A relatively small share of student-loan borrowers are making their payments on time, while many ...

WASHINGTON — There’s been a lot of talk lately about debt. Most of it has been about the federal debt burden. I want to shift the discussion to individuals, particularly those with private student ...

The new plan has a troubling feature that could cause student loan payments to arbitrarily jump after borrowers experience a small pay raise.

After a lengthy pandemic-related pause, the U.S. Department of Education resumed collection efforts on student loans in default in May. This has placed renewed pressure on borrowers who are behind on ...

The Education Department doubled down on its efforts to try to delay processing at least 170,000 student loan forgiveness ...

Are you having problems with your student loans? Struggling to understand a loan servicer’s decision? Confused by the federal government's new repayment plans and wondering what to do? Kelsey Lesco ...

When I started at the Department of Education in the 1990s, student loans were a popular middle-class benefit. College affordability or student loan debt were rarely front-page news. Our dingy offices ...

When you take out a personal loan, you know exactly what you're signing up for. Let's say you borrow £10,000 over five years at 6.2 per cent, as offered by a major high street bank – a calculator will ...