Edfinancial Services: student loan servicing problem
Ask Edfinancial to correct the error in writing, then complain to Federal Student Aid, then to the CFPB.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 21 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- loan account number
- payment history
- billing statements and letters from Edfinancial
- dates and names from calls
- copies of forms you sent
Steps
Call Edfinancial and describe the error. Write down the date, the representative's name and any reference number.
Send a written request to correct the error, with copies of your proof. Use the secure message, an upload through the online account, or the letters address. Keep a copy.
MailForms, documentation and letters Edfinancial Services, P.O. Box 36008, Knoxville, TN 37930-6008If Edfinancial does not fix it, submit a complaint to the Federal Student Aid Feedback Center. Attach your timeline and Edfinancial's replies.
Edfinancial's Student Loan Advocates page lists the FSA Ombudsman Group at P.O. Box 1854, Monticello, KY 42633, and links state student loan ombudsman offices at https://studentaid.gov/feedback-ombudsman/disputes/state-ombudsman. Some state agencies (DC, MA, NV, VA, WA) help only borrowers who live in that state.
If the problem continues, file a complaint with the CFPB.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Deadline
A court order ended the SAVE Plan on March 10, 2026. Edfinancial says it will notify borrowers enrolled in SAVE between July 1st and August 15th, and they will have 90 days to choose a different plan.
Source: edfinancial.studentaid.gov, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
From July 1, 2026, the auto pay interest rate reduction is 1% (up from 0.25%). Borrowers with eligible loans get it by enrolling in Auto Pay by December 31st, 2026.
Source: edfinancial.studentaid.gov, verified 2026-10-12
Tips
- Company tip
Mail payments several days before the due date, and put your name, account number and payment amount on the check.
Source: edfinancial.studentaid.gov, verified 2026-10-12
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
MailForms, documentation and letters Edfinancial Services, P.O. Box 36008, Knoxville, TN 37930-6008Or a secure message or upload through the online account. Keep copies.
Federal regulator
Federal regulator
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Watch out
- The online account, secure upload and payment tools need the borrower's login.
- Edfinancial's home page still shows an outdated note that IDR and PSLF count adjustments would be done by July 1, 2024.
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