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• cuStudentLoans Joins With joinStampede

  By Candice Reed  |  May 17, 2013

  Student debt consolidation offer begins on May 31, claims lower rates through collective action.

• LendKey Touts 58 Signings to Cloud-Based Student Lending Platform

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 18, 2013

  Along with a new name, LendKey said it added 58 credit unions to its client list for student lending services in 2012.

• Credit Union Rolls Out 10-Year Mortgage

  By David Morrison  |  January 16, 2013

  First Financial FCU in New Jersey offer includes interest rates as low as 2.5% and $599 in closing costs.

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  Students Loans Are Profitable Niche for Credit Unions

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  January 9, 2013

  Last year was not the most glowing year for student loans, reputation-wise. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s release of numerous negative comments from the public on their experiences as private student loan borrowers, comparisons of student loans to the burst mortgage bubble and the fact that national student loan debt...

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  Student Lending Remains a Credit Union Standard

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  August 20, 2012

  Next to a home, a college education can be the most expensive purchase one makes in a lifetime. And like many people who took out mortgage loans before the Great Recession, a growing number of borrowers are struggling to pay off student loans that were originated by private lenders in...

• Student Lending Advantage Opens for Credit Unions

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  April 29, 2012

  Lending giants U.S. Bank and JPMorgan Chase recently announced they had eliminated and reduced their private student lending programs, respectively. JPMorgan Chase will only make private student loans for existing customers.

• Fynanz: Credit Unions Increasing Student Lending, Banks Pulling Back

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  April 17, 2012

  Student lending program specialist adds 75 credit union partners in past year.