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But its cardholders tend to have good credit scores and don’t typically default on their payments, the CEO says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

About 5 million borrowers have been in default on their student loans since the pandemic, and experts expected millions more to face the consequences of default in the coming months.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

The default on these machines is you just see the last two to three seconds of the race.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

As of the end of June this year, about 5.3 million borrowers were in default on their student loans for about $117 billion, CRS said.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Now, almost giddily, Chau explained to Eisman that he simply passed all the risk that the underlying home loans would default on to the big investors who had hired him to vet the bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis