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News related to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

CFPB: SCRA Violations Still Problem For Student Loan Servicers

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is designed to protect active-duty military members’ rights while deployed, both in the U.S. and abroad. Today, one of the biggest issues with the SCRA is compliance. When are military members’ rights different than the …

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SCRA Violations Cost Lender and Servicer

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act affords military personnel certain protections from financial obligations such as nonjudicial foreclosures, credit card debt, student loans and mortgage payments while they are away on active duty.

Maintaining SCRA compliance is a must for financial …

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Dealership Claims No SCRA Know-How, Still Pays Up

In most cases when you don’t pay off your car loans, the vehicle is shut down or repossessed. This is a lesson Luis Miguel Delhaes recently learned, though he didn’t have to. His case wasn’t like most.

He bought a car …

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SCRA Applies To More Than Just Debt

You may know that active-duty military members get certain privileges regarding their mortgage and auto loan payments. But did you know that these benefits extend to credit card debt as well?

Kitsana Dounglomchan, a 12-year Air Force veteran, recently recounted …

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Auto Lender to Pay Millions in Settlement Under SCRA Violation

One of the nation’s largest automobile lenders has agreed to pay a group of servicemembers close to $10million after illegally repossessing their vehicles.

The $9.35 million the Texas auto lender has agreed to comes after allegations the company illegally repossessed …

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Precedents for SCRA Interest Benefits

How do servicemembers get SCRA interest benefits? They used to have to formally request them, but that isn’t always the case anymore.

The government fined Sallie Mae and its former subsidiary Navient Solutions several years back for charging active-duty servicemembers …

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