MAY 2017

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The ACT Foundation is Now Accepting Applications for Its 2017 Scholarship Program

For the past four years, the Account Control Technology Foundation (ACT Foundation)has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships to students through its local and national scholarship program. This year the ACT Foundation is giving away close to $25,000 to high school graduates and college students entering college in the fall of 2017. The application deadline is June 1, 2017. For more information click here.

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Tax Liens and Some Civil Debts May Be Excluded From Credit Scores

The nation's three largest credit-reporting agencies will soon exclude tax liens and some civil debts from their reports. The change by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion will take effect July 1, as part of a plan to ensure consumer identifications in the data are accurate and current.

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CFPB News - More Than Eight Million Student Loan Borrowers are in Default

Last month, the CFPB published a report noting that thousands of struggling student borrowers will end up in default over the next two years. In addition, new data shows an astounding number of struggling student loan borrowers are trapped in default. Last year, close to 1.2 million borrowers defaulted on a student loan. This is more than two borrowers every minute! ACT specializes in consultative debt recovery and will educate and help your borrowers get back on track. Let us show you how.Schedule a meeting today.

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Perkins Loan Extension Act of 2017 Introduced by Bipartisan Group

On May 17, 2017,Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21), Mark Pocan (D-WI-02) Louise Slaughter (D-NY-25), John Duncan (R-TN-02), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) introduced the Perkins Loan Extension Act of 2017 – bipartisan legislation to extend the Perkins Loan Program for two years. The Federal Perkins Loan is a popular andefficient campus-based financial aid program, which supports access to higher education by providing low-interest loans to students in need. Read Full Announcement

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