Student loan debt

The report from an advocacy group that focuses on college affordability says that schools need to do a better job of educating students about their eligibility for federal loans, which typically carry lower interest rates than loans from banks and other private-sector lenders.

Seth Frotman, whose student lending unit had been gutted in May, said the bureau's current leadership "has abandoned its duty to fairly and robustly enforce the law.”

Senate Democrats want acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to explain why the agency is no longer policing student loan lenders and servicers.

Are American college students using their student loan dollars wisely? A LendEDU study explored how those funds are spent.

Moody's believes that rules grandfathering existing transactions increase the risk that these deals could be left unhedged; it may downgrades some European RMBS and U.S. student loan-backed securities.