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- Sallie Mae changes fee after online student protest
Stef Gray launched an online protest against a $50 loan forbearance fee imposed by private student loan giant Sallie Mae. The fee is $50 per loan for a maximum of $150 per three-month reprieve on payments.
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - Student borrowers fight Sallie Mae?s ?jobless penalty?
Illinois university officials criticize President Obama?s call to hold down tuition, but both sides are mostly ignoring one consequence of rising costs of higher education: debt.
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - Students wary of loan refund debit card fees
Shahiem Douglas, a junior studying business administration at Farmingdale State College, typically gets his student loan refund check via mail. But this year the check won?t be in his mailbox. Farmingdale State outsourced the processing of student loan refunds to New Haven, Conn.-based Higher One, which is sending students green debit cards with the school logo, [...]
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - Internet Campaign Prompts Sallie Mae to Change Fee Policy
Bowing to pressure from an online petition, lending giant Sallie Mae offered to change its fee policy for borrowers who have delayed payments on their student loans. Borrowers who enter into forbearance will now have the recurring $50 fee Sallie Mae charges to delay payment on the loans applied to the loan balance once borrowers [...]
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - Wonga slammed over student loan information
Online payday loan firm Wonga was forced to remove an article from its website yesterday after it caused outrage by suggesting that students should take out loans that cost up to 4,000 per cent rather than using government-backed Student Loans, which charge around 5 per cent.
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - Online Campaign Prompts Sallie Mae to Change Fee Policy for Loan Suspensions
Score two for online consumer advocates -- or, as they might be called, Occupy Online.
online student loan 05 Feb 2012 - College graduates struggle with student loan debts: Plain Dealing
Student loan debts are growing so high that experts say college grads are putting off rites of passage like marrying, buying homes -- sometimes even moving out of their parents' homes.
online student loan 05 Feb 2012
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