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Student loan payments have restarted. Here's how to manage the impact to your credit score

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores drop now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. But there are things you ...
Fox Business

Student loan delinquencies tank credit scores for millions of borrowers: How to recover

A 100-point drop in a credit score can be "absolutely catastrophic." It can also take years to recover from, according to LendingTree chief credit analyst Matt Schulz. The Federal Reserve Bank of New ...
The New York Times

Those Missed Student Loan Payments Are Messing Up Your Credit Score

A new report finds that scores dropped the most for those age 18 to 29. Here’s how to deal with a drop in your score. By Ann Carrns Young adults, those 18 to 29, are starting to see the negative ...
CNN

Americans’ credit card debt falls, but past-due student loans drag on credit scores

Americans tidied up their household balance sheets to start 2025, cleaning up some credit card and auto loan debt, new data showed Tuesday. However, the debt outlook for millions of student loan ...
Seattle Times

Student loan payments have restarted. Here’s how to manage the impact to your credit score

NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores drop now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. But there are things you ...