With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who ...

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More than five million borrowers are in default, and millions of others are projected to be on the precipice. Credit...Monica Garwood Supported by By Tara Siegel Bernard After a five-year reprieve, ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...

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The Department of Education announced Monday that it will resume collections on student loan debt next month, including by garnishing the wages of borrowers in default. Collections, which have been ...