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Committee Discusses Ways to Reduce College Students’ Credit Card Misuse
01 July 08 03:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

During testimony before the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit , Benjamin Lawsky, deputy counselor to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo , said predatory credit-card companies are taking advantage of college students Read More...

Filed under: American Bankers Association Card Policy Council, Andrew Cuomo, Benjamin Lawsky, college, college credit cards, college loans, college students, Credit Card Debt, credit card misuse, credit cards, Interest Rates, New York Attorney General, NextStudent, student loans

Cuomo to Make Investigation into Colleges’ Credit-Card Deals Public
19 April 08 02:05 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The results of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s investigation into the relationship between colleges with co-branded credit cards and the banks that issue them are expected to be released within the next two months. Benjamin Lawsky, Cuomo’s deputy Read More...

Filed under: American Enterprise Institute, Andrew Cuomo, attorney general, Benjamin Lawsky, college, college loans, credit cards, higher education, New York, NextStudent, preferred lender list, student debt, student loan investigation, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Study Abroad Charges Challenged in Lawsuit
03 March 08 02:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How much college students are required to pay for their study-abroad programs could hang in the balance of a recent lawsuit brought by a father against his daughter’s school. The suit, reported by Karin Fischer in The Chronicle of Higher Education , challenges Read More...

Filed under: academic credit, Andrew Cuomo, attorney general, billing, Chronicle of Higher Education, college, deceptive billing, deceptive practices, disclosure, Emory University, fees, financial practices, Forum on Education Abroad, James Brady, Karin Fischer, lawsuit, New York, NextStudent, overseas, policies, Ronald Crutcher, School for International Training, student loans, study abroad, tuition, University System of Georgia, Wheaton College, World Learning

Does Bigger Mean Better in the Consolidation Business?
27 March 07 07:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Recently, there has been lots of negative press out there regarding college financial aid officers receiving special treatment, trips or the like from student loan providers, and New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is going after such companies and Read More...

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