CommonBond has created a March Debtness bracket to look at the payoff rates of this year's March Madness basketball teams; the bracket identifies the time it takes for students to pay off their student loans; UCLA is CommonBond's current March Madness winner with the fastest payoff rate at 4.42 years. Source
Despite bringing invaluable global talent to the US, international students face a critical hurdle to higher education - student loans.
Fintech startup Earnest has expanded their product offering to in school loan offerings; David Green, Chief Product Officer, Earnest tells...
Student loan debt is one of the biggest issues facing younger people today and most feel as if they don’t...
Funding U launched in 2016 to help students fund their education by using academic performance as a predictive credit model;...
Two reports share that the federal government may not profit or break even on their $1.4 trillion student loan portfolio; there has been an increase in borrowing in recent years and some graduate students are opting for income-driven repayment plans; these students are expected to pay back less than they took to pay for tuition; there are concerns that the interest payments of those paying the full amount on their loans may not be enough to offset those that are entering these plans. Source
Student loan marketplace lender, Earnest, has completed its fourth securitization; Goldman Sachs and Barclays were the lead arrangers; portfolio valued at $174.44 million; the October securitization is the fourth for the year with previous securitization deals in February, May and July. Source
Democratic Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren released her plan for student loans this week and it was met with mixed reviews;...
First Republic Bank has acquired Gradifi, a student loan repayment technology platform; the platform offers technology that allows employers to make contributions to the student loans of their employees; an increasing number of employers have been integrating student loan contributions with their benefit plans; Gradifi will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Republic Bank and the acquisition will help it to meet the increasing demand for its technology. Source
Future Finance has received commitment for £30 million from the European Investment Fund (EIF) to lend to master's degree students supported by the Erasmus+ European program; Future Finance is a student lending platform active in the UK and Germany; Erasmus+ subsidizes career skills-driven education for over 300,000 higher education students across the European Union; EIF's commitment involves loan guarantees that will encourage investing and borrowing on Future Finance's platform; it has launched a "Call for Expression of Interest" targeting additional financial institutions that finance master's degree students crossing national borders in the EU. Source