Student Loans are Back. Is your Credit Strategy Ready?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of resuming student loan repayments on consumer behavior and credit risk management.

As student loan repayments resume after a four-year pause, millions of Americans are feeling the financial strain and so are businesses. In this episode of Credit in Focus, host Carrie Coker, Senior Director of Market Planning, Servicing and Recovery, is joined by Andrea Bell and Andrew Henderson to unpack the ripple effects of student loan obligations on consumer behavior and credit risk management. If you’re a collections leader or credit risk professional, this episode delivers pract...

People in this episode

Host: Carrie Coker

Guests: Andrea Bell, Andrew Henderson

Topics covered

• student loans
• credit strategy
• consumer behavior
• credit risk management
• financial strain

Keywords

• student loans
• credit strategy
• financial strain
• consumer behavior
• credit risk management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LexisNexis Risk Solutions

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