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A report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published Thursday suggests that private student loan lenders are less reliable than federal lenders. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student loan report shows complaints, problems with private lenders

Meiling Bedard October 21, 2014

Due to a lack of alternatives and little information about private loans, there was a 38 percent increase in complaints filed by borrowers against private lending companies, according to a report released...

Private lenders offering more student loans

Daily Free Press Admin February 27, 2014

Private lenders are offering more loans to college students at institutions such as Boston University due to an upswing in the economy, according to a Wall Street Journal article published Monday. The...

New delayed-start loan repayment plan may help grads.

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2013

Financial service provider Sallie Mae is introducing a student loan repayment plan that allows students of good standing at colleges such as Boston University to push back their loans an additional year...

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