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One of Australia’s largest debt collectors will be taken to court after allegedly operating in Victoria despite being banned for previous illegal conduct. Queensland-based debt collection company Panthera Finance, which operates nationwide, was prohibited from operating in Victoria after it…

Bad debt in the personal loans sector is increasing, with defaults highest in the education segment and lowest in housing, according to an RBI report. Non-performing assets or NPA in education personal loans are at 3.6 percent, compared to 1.8…

In its first case under the Impersonation Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has stopped a student loan debt relief scheme that bilked more than $20.3 million from consumers seeking debt relief by pretending to be affiliated with the Department of Education.…

Last week, the average interest rate on 10-year fixed-rate private student loans increased. Overall, rates remain fairly low, making private student loan a worthwhile option for borrowers looking to make up a gap in college funding. From May 13 to…

In attempts to fix the country’s $1.6 trillion student loan system, the Biden administration has routinely announced forgiveness of large shares of that debt. In total, the U.S. Department of Education has canceled almost $160 billion in federal student loan debt for nearly…

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Monday plans to ease student debt that would benefit at least 23 million Americans, addressing a key issue for young voters whose support he needs as he seeks re-election in November. The…

Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration’s new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. The plans, if implemented, would provide debt relief to over 30 million…

In his State of the Union address Thursday night, President Joe Biden talked up his administration’s work to forgive the student debt of nearly 4 million people. “When I was told I couldn’t universally just change the way in which we dealt with student…

President Biden will announce a new effort on Monday to reduce or eliminate student loan debt for millions of borrowers, an election-year attempt to revive his goal of providing large-scale relief for Americans struggling to pay off their college loans,…

Move will forgive debts of people who borrowed $12,000 or less and have been repaying the money for at least 10 years. US President Joe Biden has said that his administration was cancelling $1.2bn worth of student loans for almost…