Navient reaches $120 million settlement with CFPB for misleading student

Navient has reached a $120 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its practices with student loan borrowers, the company tells CNBC.

The CFPB sued Navient in 2017 for misleading borrowers and providing them with bad information, causing many to pay more than they needed to.

As part of the settlement, $100 million will be used to make payments to impacted customers, as determined by the CFPB, Navient said.

The remaining $20 million will go to the CFPB’s civil penalty fund.

Navient stopped servicing the government’s federal student loans in 2021. The lender has also agreed not to re-enter servicing of federal student loans.

Navient shares were trading more than 1% lower Thursday morning, ahead of the market’s open.

“For years, Navient’s top executives profited handsomely by exploiting students and taxpayers,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement.

“By banning the notorious student loan giant from federal student loan servicing and ensuring the winddown of these operations, the CFPB will finally put an end to the years of abuse,” said Chopra.

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