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The Department of Education is penalizing one of its student loan servicers for failing to send billing statements on time to 2.5 million borrowers.
By August 2022, MOHELA was responsible for overseeing some 6.7 million student borrower accounts on the DOE's behalf, along with around 330,000 private loan borrowers. [1] This increased to over 7.5 million borrowers by August 2023. [7] As of December 2022, MOHELA has a 1.01 star rating from the Better Business Bureau. [8]
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On October 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced a temporary waiver allowing past payments to qualify even if they had the wrong loan type or payment plan. [11] As of March 2022 100,000 people have had over $6.2 billion of student loans canceled as a result of the waiver, [ 12 ] however, many problems still persist.
It was the first servicer to receive a punishment from the department last year — on October 30, 2023, the department announced it would be withholding $7.2 million in pay from Mohela over its ...
The loan servicer calculates the monthly payment amount that will pay off the original loan amount plus all accrued interest after 120 equal payments. Payments cover interest and part of the principal. Some loan terms may be shorter than 10 years. The minimum monthly payment varies in amount, but is usually within the range of $50-100.
The Department of Education's announcement comes a week after a department spokesperson said 305,000 federal student loan borrowers received an incorrect bill for October 2023 from MOHELA.
Many borrowers are reporting their college debts have been forgiven and are breathing a sigh of relief. From Yvette Walker: