The $360 million UMassFive College Federal Credit Union of Hadley, Mass. haslent approximately $1 million to students at the University ofMassachusetts Amherst during the 2011-2012 school year, the creditunion announced.
|This announcement brings the total amount of dollars the creditunion has lent to UMass Amherst students to $7 million sincelaunching its private student lending program in 2009, UMassFiveCollege FCU said.
|UMassFive College FCU offers private student loans through apartnership with Credit Union Student Choice, a Washington, D.C.-based CUSO thatallows its more than 200 credit union partners to make privatestudent loans and hold them on their own balance sheets.
|“We feel our student loan is one of the best private studentloans for students who need to close the gap in funding highereducation after all other financing options have been exhausted,”said Jon Reske, vice president of marketing for UMassFive CollegeFCU. “As a not-for-profit financial cooperative, we have the uniqueability to design products that are truly in the best interest ofthe student and their family.”
|The 28,000-member credit union serves the University ofMassachusetts, the schools that comprise the state's Five CollegeSystem – Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyke College,Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst – andseveral select employee groups.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
