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Help is coming for beleaguered borrowers who took out student loans from private lenders. How much help – and how many people actually will benefit from it – is still…
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- Andriotis, A. (2014, November 19) Lenders Shift to Help Struggling Student Borrowers. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/articles/lenders-shift-to-help-struggling-student-borrowers-1416431068
- Douglas-Gabriel, D. (2014, November 19) Wells Fargo and Discover to offer student loan modifications. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2014/11/19/wells-fargo-and-discover-to-offer-student-loan-modifications/
- NA. (2014, October 16) Annual Report of the Student Loan Ombudsman. Retrieved from http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201410_cfpb_report_annual-report-of-the-student-loan-ombudsman.pdf
- NA. (2014, July) The MeasureOne Private Student Loan Performance Report July 2014. Retrieved from http://www.measureone.com/system/files/reports/M1PSLReportQ12014_final2.pdf
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