Paying off your student loans doesn't have to come at the cost of saving for retirement or building an emergency fund.

Since it's likely you'll either be moved to another payment plan or given a window of time to select a new repayment plan, ...

A growing number of Americans are asking to borrow money from others in order to pay down their student loans, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and the recent resumption in federal loan collections.

On May 1, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered the former owner of a now-defunct debt-relief company to pay over $43 million in restitution and penalties.