Electronic Signature From Consolidation Assistance Program & Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. Speeds Application for Federal Student Loan Consolidation.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Consolidation Assistance Program(SM) today announced the implementation of its new electronic signature service, which allows Federal Student Loan Consolidation In the United States both the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDLP) include consolidation loans that allow students to consolidate Stafford Loans, PLUS Loans, and Federal Perkins Loans into one single debt. applications to be signed electronically by customers online. Customers can link directly to the company's Web site at www.mycaploan.com via a secure Internet connection to apply for student loan consolidation. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. John T. Weir, Consolidation Assistance Program senior vice president, this new service makes the already attractive Federal Consolidation Loan Program even more favorable for borrowers. "In addition to making the application process as easy as possible, our electronic signature service eliminates a lot of paperwork for everyone involved in the student loan consolidation process -- and it's a very secure means for handling these loans." David Harmon, Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. Corp. chief marketing and sales officer agreed. "Today's Web-savvy customers expect advanced technology and a high level of customer service. Great Lakes is pleased to provide this service to Consolidation Assistance Program student and parent borrowers." From the applicants' standpoint, loans may now be processed faster, which allows them to begin saving sooner by locking in one of the lowest current student loan consolidation interest rates, as low as 2.25%. "We are continuously improving and making our application process more convenient for our customers," said Weir. "Now, with online e-signature they can apply for consolidation in a simple one step electronic process." The electronic signature utilizes the Department of Education guidelines on electronic signature and the PIN authentication service offered by NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. Pearson's Student Authentication Network (STAN). For more information about Consolidation Assistance Program or to apply online for a Federal Consolidation Loan using the new e-signature service go to www.mycaploan.com. For information about Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. go to www.glhec.org. Consolidation Assistance Program is an affiliate company of Education Lending Group Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :EDLG). Education Lending Group markets products, services and solutions to the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan Industry. The company is a full service provider of financial aid products to students, parents and schools. This includes, but is not limited to, student financial aid counseling, debt management, loan origination The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , loan servicing Loan servicing is the process by which a mortgage bank or subservicing firm collects the timely payment of interest and principal from borrowers. The level of service varies depending on the type loan and the terms negotiated between the firm and the investor seeking their services. management and secondary market loan acquisition services. Great Lakes Higher Education Corp.'s affiliated group of companies is one of the nation's largest integrated providers of student loan services. The affiliated group currently interacts with some 2,300 schools and 1,200 lenders in all 50 states, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The group's affiliated guarantor, Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp., is the designated guarantor for Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The group holds guarantees on $15 billion in FFEL FFEL Federal Family Education Loan program loans and services student loans with an aggregate outstanding balance of more than $8.7 billion for approximately 1,100,000 borrowers. Great Lakes is headquartered in Madison, Wis., and has operating centers in Columbus, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minn., and customer service and development sites in Eau Claire and Boscobel, Wis., and Oakbrook, Ill. Great Lakes' mission is assurance of cost-effective enablement of educational access. |
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