USA Funds Hosts May Education-Lender Forums

USA Funds^® is hosting three Education-Lender Forums in early May. The one-day events will help keep USA Funds’ lender-customers abreast of the latest ways to navigate the ever-changing education-finance marketplace.

Forums are scheduled at the following locations:

• San Antonio, Tex. — May 1.
• Kansas City, Mo. — May 2.
• Philadelphia — May 3.

Featured topics of the May USA Funds Education-Lender Forums include the following:

• Technology initiatives. An overview of the technology initiatives that USA Funds supports to improve education-loan processes for lenders and schools. The overview will highlight these initiatives:
  • USA Funds Loan Counselor^SM. This suite of custom counseling products is designed to help schools fulfill all federal requirements for counseling and simplify Stafford-loan entrance and exit counseling with one online program. USA Funds Loan Counselor engages students with interactive tools like an interest calculator and videos that feature student testimonials to give students the information they need to take control of their loans.
  • Online Student-Loan Counseling. In addition to USA Funds Loan Counselor and MEDLOANS OLP, USA Funds supports the leading online entrance- and exit-counseling services, with special options for annual Master Promissory Note counseling, graduate exit counseling and Perkins-loan counseling.
• Debt-management initiatives. A look at USA Funds’ resources to assist financial-aid professionals with student-loan-management and default-prevention efforts. Among the topics of discussion will be:
  • USA Funds Debt Manager^®. This comprehensive Web-based communication tool makes it easy for postsecondary institutions to stay in contact with student-loan borrowers to promote successful loan repayment and prevent past-due loans and defaults.
  • USA Funds Life Skills^®. Learn how you can support your schools by conducting USA Funds Life Skills Train-the-Trainer workshops.
• Roundtable discussion. An exploration of how USA Funds can partner with lender-customers to enhance products and processes for schools.

Each forum begins with breakfast at 8:30 a.m.

Learn more and register online for the May USA Funds Education-Lender Forums.