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Students Reach Record-High Levels of Credit Card Debt
15 April 09 04:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College students are piling up alarming amounts of credit card debt, according to a recent survey by student loan company Sallie Mae, which suggests that not only are more students relying on credit cards to pay for their rising college costs, but that Read More...

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Student Applies for Student Loan, Credit Card in Other Students’ Names
02 February 09 04:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A senior at Stony Brook University in New York has been arrested and charged with one count of first-degree identity theft for allegedly stealing the personal information of at least two students and using that information to apply for a student loan Read More...

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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...

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