Dept of Education blocking CFPB oversight of student loan servicing

In a letter responding to an inquiry from Senator Warren, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says that the Education Department is hampering the CFPB's efforts to protect borrowers by performing oversight of the student loan industry. The Senators' letter has asked whether the federal regulator had "abandoned its supervision and enforcement activities" related to more than $1 trillion in student loans.

The CFPB letter states that companies that student loan servicing companies are refusing to share information that the CFPB needs to perform oversight because the Department of Education has issued guidance telling them not to do so.

NPR has the story, here, along with a link to the CFPB's letter.

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