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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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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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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...

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