Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

If you suspect that something is off with your student loan-whether it's an incorrect balance, a loan you don't recognize, or ...

Make all monthly payments on time: Making consistent on-time payments on student loans, credit cards and other lines of ...

The plan comes amid escalating concerns about loan defaults, with more than 9 million Americans behind on their payments following the pandemic-era freeze.

Federal student loans don’t have minimum credit score requirements, and most of them don’t require a credit check. Private student loans generally require the borrower or their cosigner to ...

The return of federal student loan payments has led to spikes in delinquency, default, and credit score drops among borrowers. According to the Department of Education (ED), millions of borrowers ...

The average U.S. credit score slipped nationwide, largely due to the resumption of federal student loan delinquency reporting on U.S. consumers’ credit reports, according to FICO. The scoring ...

Fortunately, there are still strong financing options for students with poor credit, including both federal and private student loans. Below, CNBC Select rounds up some of the best student loans ...

credit cards, or even rent an apartment. When a loan remains unpaid for an extended period--generally 270 days for federal loans--it goes into default. Defaulting on a student loan brings about ...

Thousands of Americans with federal student loans who did not resume payments after COVID-19-era loan repayment pauses ended a year and a half ago could now see their credit scores hurt ...