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House Panel Moves to Regulate Private Student Loans
26 October 09 01:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 2 Comments   

Despite strong Republican opposition and forceful lobbying from banks and business groups, the House Financial Services Committee voted on Thursday to approve the creation of a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency, laying the groundwork for expanded federal oversight of private student loans. Read More...

Filed under: Andrew Cuomo, Barney Frank, CFPA, college loans, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, federal student loans, H.R. 3126, Institute for College Access and Success, Lauren Asher, NextStudent, private student loans, Spencer Bachus, Student Loan Legislation, student loans, TICAS

MyRichUncle Stops Making Student Loans, Files for Bankruptcy
18 February 09 05:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

MyRichUncle, the student loan company that “caustically ridiculed the financial ties between colleges and student loan companies” has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports (“ Student-Loan Industry’s Caustic Rebel Now Read More...

Filed under: admissions offices, Andrew Cuomo, bankruptcy, Chronicle of Higher Education, college loans, college planning company, Cuomo investigation of student loan lenders, deceptive marketing practices, Embark, Financial Aid Officers, lender code of conduct, MyRichUncle, NextStudent, student loan companies, student loans, The Princeton Review

College Board Settles Inquiry into Its Student Loan Practices
11 December 08 04:40 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The College Board , which administers the SAT, ACT, and AP college admissions tests, has agreed to resolve an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal into its student loan practices. Read More...

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New York AG Examines Colleges’ Relationships With Health Insurers
18 November 08 04:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating the relationships between colleges and the health insurance companies they do business with just two years after he launched a similar investigation that uncovered conflicts of interest between some Read More...

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Goal Financial Reaches Agreement With New York Attorney General
06 November 08 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alexandria, Virginia-based Goal Financial is the most recent student loan company to reach a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office , whose investigation into the student loan industry revealed that several lenders used deceptive marketing Read More...

Filed under: Alex Detrick, Andrew Cuomo, college, college financial aid, college loans, deceptive marketing, federal student loans, financial aid, Goal Financial, iPod, Jonathan Glater, marketing code of conduct, New York Attorney General, NextStudent, paying for college, private student loans, student loan marketing practices, student loans, The New York Times, tuition

NY Attorney General To Sue Student Loan Lender For Deceptive Marketing
08 September 08 02:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo plans to sue student loan provider Goal Financial, LLC for using deceptive marketing practices to attract new business, according to a CNNMoney.com article (“ Student Lenders Under Scrutiny ,” Sept. 5, 2008). Eight Read More...

Filed under: Alex Detrick, Andrew Cuomo, college, college loans, deceptive marketing, federal student loans, Goal Financial, government student loans, iPods, lenders lawsuits, marketing reforms, New York Attorney General, NextStudent, preferred lender lists, private student loans, student loan comparisons, student loan lender kickbacks, student loan lender reforms, student loan marketing, student loan monthly payments, student loans

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, 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...

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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...

Filed under: Andrew Cuomo, NextStudent, Top 100 Consolidating Lenders for 2006 and 2005, U.S. Department of Education

New York Probe on the Student Loan Industry
20 March 07 05:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 4 Comments   

On Nov. 7, 2006 Andrew Cuomo was elected the 64th attorney general of the state of New York, and shortly thereafter launched a nationwide investigation into student loan practices at more than 400 universities across the nation, including some of the Read More...

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