By Erin Palmer. Students will soon be able to get private students loans from the largest credit union in the nation.
Navy Federal Credit Union announced on Monday that they will venture into private student lending, with student loans and the option to refinance loans from other private sources. More...

By Kelly Field. A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a group of student-loan debt collectors that the U.S. Department of Education fired in March.
The ruling, which dismissed the collectors’ request for a stay of the agency’s decision, came just over a month after the department abruptly canceled its contracts with the companies — Coast Professional, Enterprise Recovery Systems, National Recoveries, Pioneer Credit Recovery, and West Asset Management — which it said had provided inaccurate information to borrowers. More...

By Emily Lupton. Today the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published its long-awaited consultation on support for postgraduate study. More...

By Bernice Pontanilla. A new study from the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg shows the perils of non-mortgage debt through a unique mapping approach.
Adrian Werner, research associate at the institute said the ‘Living in the Red’ study provides a “more nuanced picture” of what most households are dealing with when it comes to debt. More...