Sallie Mae - Student Loan Marketing Association

Sallie Mae - Student Loan Marketing Association
A publicly traded company that is the largest provider of educational loans in the U.S. Along with providing student loans, Sallie Mae purchases student loans from the original lenders and provides financing to state student-loan agencies.

Sallie Mae was originally formed in 1972 as a government enterprise but as of 2004 is a completely independent publicly traded company. Sallie Mae is traded on the NYSE with the ticker symbol SLM.


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  • Student Loan Marketing Association — ( SLMA) A U.S. government sponsored, privately owned corporation that provides liquidity for student loans and for the credit needs of students. Informally but widely known as Sallie Mae. American Banker Glossary ( SLMA) A publicly traded… …   Financial and business terms

  • Student Loan Marketing Association — SLM Corporation Unternehmensform Gründung 1972 Unternehmenssitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • student loan marketing association — (SLMA)  “ SALLIE MAE.”  Federally created stock held corporation designed to increase the availability of loans for college students. Sallie Mae purchases loans from financial institutions lending to students …   American business jargon

  • Student Loan Marketing Association — a U.S. government chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbr.: SLMA Also called Sallie Mae. * * * …   Universalium

  • Student Loan Marketing Association — a U.S. government chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbr.: SLMA Also called Sallie Mae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sallie Mae — SLM Corporation Type Public (NYSE: SLM) Industry Education finance Founded 1972 …   Wikipedia

  • Sallie Mae — See Student Loan Marketing Association. American Banker Glossary See: Student Loan Marketing Association * * *    Student Loan Marketing Association.    A publicly traded stock corporation in the US, which guarantees student loans traded on the… …   Financial and business terms

  • Sallie Mae — SLM Corporation Unternehmensform Gründung 1972 Unternehmenssitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sallie Mae — Sal•lie Mae [[t]ˈsæl i ˈmeɪ[/t]] n. bus a government chartered private corporation that makes available low cost student loans by purchasing loans from lending institutions • Etymology: 1970–75; from the initials SLMA Student Loan Marketing… …   From formal English to slang

  • Sallie Mae. — See Student Loan Marketing Association. * * * …   Universalium

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