The Department of Education has now lifted pandemic‑era protections that had shielded borrowers from the harshest ...

Student loan defaults are showing up on consumers' credit reports for the first time since the Covid pandemic, a new blog by ...

Discover what loan default rates are, how they're calculated, and their role as economic indicators impacting lenders and borrowers. Learn the metrics used for assessment.

After a five-year suspension that began in March 2020, the Trump administration is turning the student loan default collections machine back on. Millions of borrowers with defaulted loans are poised ...

The loan default rate by amount rose to 1.44% in March, from 1.38% in February, driven higher by a trio of repeat defaulters who were unable to stay afloat following prior restructurings and have now ...

You have options if your student loans are in default and you don't want to wait for collections to resume Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior ...

Business loan default: What happens if you miss a payment? For startups and small businesses, cash flow isn’t always predictable. One delayed customer payment, a revenue dip, or an unexpected expense ...

When your student loans are in default, it means you haven't made payments for an extended period. A student loan default can hurt your credit and prompt your employer to withhold part of your pay. If ...

Student loan default can have serious consequences, including wage garnishment, loss of tax refunds and a big hit to your credit Nearly 40% of first-time, full-time college students take out loans to ...

The Education Department offers two solutions to student loan default: loan rehabilitation and loan consolidation. If you've tried rehabilitating and consolidating your defaulted student loans to no ...