Regulators Target Student Loan Issues

Buried in the 2,000 pages of legal lingo and bureaucratic blather in the financial reform bill is a new model for overseeing private student loans in the U.S.

Going forward, student loan lenders will not only face Uncle Sam in the loan marketplace (the federal government is taking a much bigger role in the college loan business), they’ll have to contend with a new regulatory body that will oversee lending practices and handle student borrower complaints.

The oversight group is all part of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a new bureau created as part of the financial reform act to oversee consumer finance issues, with privately-funded students loans as a prime target.

Critics say that private student loans are far riskier than government-funded loans, withpopulation.

Just 20 years ago, there were no wolves left in Germany, after the species was hunted to extinction in the early 20th century.

They returned naturally after the fall of communism, crossing the border from Poland after fences were removed, and today more than 30 packs are believed to roam the German countryside.

In 2015, a wolf pack was photographed just 30 miles from Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, and wolves have been spotted wandering into villages and built-up areas in search of food.