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Key Points The Senate HELP Committee advanced a bill designed to block the Education Department from transferring four offices (special education, postsecondary, elementary and secondary, and...
Student loan refinance rates have held continued to hold as the Fed has held interest rates steady. As of July 30, 2026, student loan refinance lenders...
Certificates of deposit (CDs) have seen rates rising even more, despite major banks lowering the rates on theri savings accounts. As of July 29, 2026, the...
Key Points What the bill does: Exempts state-run and state-chartered nonprofit loan programs from the Higher Education Act’s “preferred lender arrangement” definition, which triggers federal disclosure...
High-yield savings account rates have dropped heading into July, with many of the popular top options seeing large cuts last week, with one major exception –...
SoFi Technologies told federal securities regulators that its private student loans can be wiped out in bankruptcy under certain conditions, a quiet admission that cuts against...
Federal student loan borrowers are reporting a new email from the Department of Education telling them their income-driven repayment application produced an incorrect monthly payment because...
Key Points Borrowers who expected forgiveness or another pause extension reduced their loan payments by $40 per month on average. Those same borrowers are 7.5% more...
Student loan refinance rates have held continued to hold as the Fed has held interest rates steady. As of July 23, 2026, student loan refinance lenders...
Certificates of deposit (CDs) have seen rates rising even more, despite major banks lowering the rates on theri savings accounts. As of July 22, 2026, the...