U.S. News - Navient banned from federal student loans; to pay $120M for 'years of abuse' Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday student loan servicing company Navient will be banned from servicing federal direct loans and must pay $120 million for what the agency called years of abuse.

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