{"id":44785,"date":"2026-06-18T19:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=44785"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:11:14","slug":"trump-administration-temporarily-boosts-student-loan-autopay-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=44785","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration temporarily boosts student loan autopay discount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-107377598\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>A student student sits in a lecture hall while class is being dismissed at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb. 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Bell | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will offer federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/student-loans\/\">student loan borrowers<\/a> who sign up for autopay a 1-percentage-point reduction on their interest rate, starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/16\/student-loan-borrowers-glitches.html\">July 1<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Borrowers on autopay currently have access to a 0.25-percentage-point discount.<\/p>\n<p>Federal student loan holders who aren&#8217;t already enrolled in autopay have until Sept. 30 to do so, if they want to benefit from the lower interest rate. The discount will last through June 30, 2028.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/18\/trump-student-loan-autopay-interest-rate-discount.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A student student sits in a lecture hall while class is being dismissed at the University of Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-investing","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}