Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Nation's Largest Student Loan Servicer

January 19, 2017
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Navient, the country’s largest servicer of federal and private student loans, for failing borrowers during every stage of repayment, the federal agency said on Wednesday in a news release.

In the lawsuit, which seeks undisclosed damages, the bureau states that Navient violated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.

Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-sues-student-loan-servicer/116515