Tag: student loan refinancing


Student Loan Refinancing Companies: Credible

Posted on April 17th, 2017

The second post in our student loan refinancing companies series focuses on Credible, a student loan refinancing marketplace that gives you access to multiple lenders with just one application.

Credible doesn’t do any lending itself, but rather aggregates personalized offers from different lenders, including banks and online companies. This allows you to apply for refinancing with multiple lenders all in one place.

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Student Loan Refinancing Guide: SoFi

Posted on March 21st, 2017

With private student loan interest rates on the rise, and the high cost of college forcing many students and parents to take on debt to pay for college, student loan refinancing has emerged as an option for borrowers to reduce their interest rates (depending on their credit score) and save money on repayment.

Find out why you should consider refinancing your student loans, and learn about SoFi, one of the best-known student loan refinancing companies.

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Seniors’ social security checks garnished to repay student debt

Posted on December 30th, 2016

Student loan debt isn’t just a problem for millennials. It’s following baby boomers into retirement as well.

The government has collected about $1.1 billion from Social Security recipients of all ages to go toward unpaid student loans since 2001, including $171 million in 2015, the Government Accountability Office said in December.

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Solutions to the student loan problem

Posted on September 2nd, 2015

"Our ultimate goal must be for every student — most especially low-income and middle-class students — to be able to go to college debt-free. But making sure our students get a far better deal on their loans is a crucial first step." -- Martin O’Malley

With 70% of college graduates now leaving school with debt and the national student loan debt now at $1.3 trillion and growing, there have been many proposed solutions on how to combat the country’s student loan problem. According to Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland, the federal government must act swiftly to stop the student […]

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