By: Robert J. Nahoum On April 1, 2019, the New York enacted legislation requiring companies to obtain licenses from the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFSâ€) in order to service student loans owed by New York residents. Under the new laws, servicers of federal student loans are automatically deemed as licensed. However, servicers that are servicing both federal and […]
NY Legislature Adopts New Rules For Student Loan Services
Student Loan Debt Buyer National Collegiate Student Loan Settles Claims of Unfair Debt Collection Practices with the Federal Government
By: Robert J. Nahoum National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCSLT) is a unique “junk debt buyer†that few people have ever heard of. NCSLT is in the business of specifically buying private student loans from banks. Much like the mortgages involved in the financial and foreclosure crisis of just a few years ago, private student loans are packaged together as […]
Can I Be Arrested for Not Paying A Student Loan?
By: Robert J. Nahoum A story of a student loan debtor purportedly arrested for failing to pay his student loans has gone viral. The media has ran with the story and student loan borrowers everywhere are nervous. You may be wondering how this could have happened – didn’t we eliminate debtors’ prison in America in colonial times? Well the answer […]
Favorable Settlement with National Collegiate Student Loan Trust
By: Robert J. Nahoum National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCSLT) is a very busy company that few people have ever heard of. Much like the mortgages involved in the financial and foreclosure crisis of just a few years ago, private student loans are packaged together as investments and sold on Wall Street. Those packages of loans are held in trust […]