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Agenda
➢ Highlight Trends in Funding
➢ How America Pays for College
➢ Referral Partnership Overview
➢ Suite of Loan Products
➢ Tools and Resources
➢ Program Benefits
➢ Questions
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Market Update
✓ Scholarships and grants cover over
35% of college costs
✓ 49% of families use scholarships
✓ Of those families, 87% are receiving
scholarships directly from the college
✓ Students and parents are equally
sharing the responsibility of paying for
college
✓ Students are investing more and are
covering 19% of college costs
www.SallieMae.com/HowAmericaPaysForCollege
Do you know How America Pays for College?
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Sallie Mae’s 1-2-3 Approach for Paying for College
Sallie Mae recommends students and families follow our 1-2-3
approach to paying for college:
1. Maximize money that does not need to be repaid, such as scholarships and
grants
2. Explore federal student loans
3. Consider a responsible private student loan
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About our Partnership
Through our partnership, your members have access to free college planning tools,
and choices for when it comes time to begin planning and paying for college.
About Sallie Mae
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Why Offer Private Student Loans?
Expand your product line Provide full life cycle solutions for your members so they have no need to turn to a competitor for student loan funding.
Maximize your customer base Establish relationships with young, educated individuals who will eventually need auto loans, mortgages, and financial planning services.
Implement with ease Launch a fully operational student loan program with minimal effort; we handle all origination, disbursement, servicing, credit, underwriting, and pricing, with marketing materials and templates available through our online portal.
Get nationwide coverage Benefit from relationships with overall 2,400 colleges and universities; marketing tools; and customer support.
Generate additional revenue Sallie Mae offers multiple solutions – on and off balance sheet. Allow us to customize a solution that best fits the needs of your institution.
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Partnership Overview
• Referral Partnership – The Credit Union acts as a referral source for the
Private Student Loan products; interested members can apply for a private
student loan via the customized URL
• The Credit Union promotes the Private Student Loan products and
partnership through the website, email campaigns and by providing product
awareness to branches
• Sallie Mae originates, underwrites, funds, and services the loan
• Benefits of partnership – helps members meet a critical need of funding the
student’s education without tapping into their retirement savings
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How the Process Works
Member comes to
you for help
Member is referred to Sallie Mae
from Credit Union websiteLoan application taken online
Sallie Mae funds the
loan to the school
School provides certification
to Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae processes
the credit approval
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Private Education Loans Available
The Smart Option Student Loan
• Student Borrower, Parent or credit worthy individual cosigner
• Borrow up to 100% of the school certified cost of attendance
• Eligible for up to 120 minutes of Study Starter Tutoring or Chegg Study
• No origination fee
• No prepayment penalty
• Receive a 0.25% interest rate reduction while enrolled to make scheduled
monthly payments by automatic debit
• 3 repayment options – Interest only, Fixed, or Deferred
The Parent Loan
• Parent/Grandparent/Family Member – Borrower
• Borrow up to 100% of the school certified cost of attendance
• No origination fee
• No prepayment penalty
• Receive a 0.25% interest rate reduction while enrolled to make scheduled
monthly payments by automatic debit
• 2 repayment options – Interest only or Full Principal & Interest
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Expanded Products for Academic Year 2017-2018
Coming in 2018, we’re excited to offer a new suite of loans created
specifically for students pursuing graduate studies in various disciplines.
Sallie Mae
MBA Loan
Sallie Mae
Dental Loan
Sallie Mae
Medical Loan
Sallie Mae
Health Professions
Loan
Sallie Mae
Graduate School
Loan
Sallie Mae
Law School Loan
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The Support We Provide
➢ Training
➢ Event materials
➢ Customized URL
➢ Proven student-focused web content
➢ Easy online application hosted by
Sallie Mae
➢ Effective print and online marketing
materials
➢ Loan origination, disbursement and
servicing
➢ Call center and 24/7 online service.
➢ Full reporting capabilities
➢ State of the art online servicing system
➢ Self-service online marketing portal
➢ Financial literacy tools, articles and
resources
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Marketing Calendar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
-Social Media
-Blog Articles
-Product page link
-1-2-3 Video
FAFSA Season
-Social Media
-Blog Articles
-Link to analyzer tools
on product page
-Scholarship campaign
Award Letters
School RFP Season
-Proactive RFI Content to target
schools
-SM responds on your behalf to
school requests for lender list
RFPs
Peak Season Marketing
-Rotating Home Page Banner Ad
-Online banking ad/messaging
-Targeted email campaign
-Ad tiles throughout web site
-Mobile banking promotion
-Statement messaging
-ATM advertising
-In Branch collateral – brochures,
posters, teller line signs,
electronic display ad
-Pre-peak branch staff
training – webinars,
staff meeting
-FAQs & print-on-
demand materials
Branch Training
-Dec-Jan Banner Ad
-Targeted Email
-In-branch collateral
-Social media
messaging
Mini-Peak
Nat’l Scholarship Month
-1-2-3 Approach Video
-Social media
- Submit the FAFSA
(fafsa.gov) October 1st
FAFSA Season
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Marketing Portal
Partners can access the partner marketing portal to
download or print a variety of marketing collateral,
reports and other tools and materials:
• Collateral
• Training materials, brochures, posters,
buckslips, print-on-demand product
overviews and FAQs
• Online Marketing
• Banner ads, ad tiles, web content
• Communication Tools
• Newsletter articles, social media posts,
email templates
• Financial Literacy
• 1-2-3 Approach to Paying for College
Responsibly, Plus vs. Private
Comparison, FAFSA Tips, etc.
• Reporting & Research
• Login ID: TBD
• Password: TBD
• https://partner.salliemae.com
Credit Union Logo
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How Do I Get Started?
➢ Review and sign a Member Marketing Agreement
➢ Complete a 1-page questionnaire
➢ Provide your logo in JPEG and high resolution format (“ai” or “eps”),
if available
Return above items to Vizo Financial!
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Implementation
✓ Implementation normally takes 10 business days
✓ You will receive an email containing your customized URL, online
content and ad tile…place these on your website
✓ Login to the Marketing Portal to access banner ads, email content
and seasonal college planning topics for your members. You can
also order your free printed marketing materials and…that’s it!