The First Marblehead Corporation

What We Do

Overview

We offer lenders a fully integrated suite of services for their private student loan programs including program design, implementation, and portfolio management.


First Marblehead offers an end-to-end solution that's hard to replicate.

Lenders who seek to acquire quality customers in the desirable student demographic and to grow those customer relationships turn to First Marblehead for:

Schools can take advantage of our outsourced loan origination services to offer school-specific loan programs with a lender partner which meets the unique needs of their student populations.

Qualified students and co-signers receive risk-based pricing, choice of loan options, and efficient loan origination. For example, we offer an enhanced step-by-step online application with same-session loan decisioning, transparent pricing in the "customize your loan" step, online credit agreements, and "e-sign" capability for qualified programs. Lenders can also choose to offer multiple borrower benefits such as deferred payments, ability to pay electronically, and graduation rebates.

First Marblehead-designed private student loan programs are driven by proprietary data, risk modeling and analytics.

A configurable program that allows lenders to meet their risk-adjusted return objectives.
Program & Product Design Product Configuration & Decision Loan Origination and Disbursement Portfolio Management Pool Financing
  • Define lender's program/portfolio objectives
  • Develop product structure and program guidelines
  • Pricing based on risk analytics and market intelligence
  • Private-label web application process
  • Availability of product attributes tied to
    applicant(s) credit
  • Real-time pricing data drives "smart borrowing" decisions
  • Fraud model triggers review of likely frauds prior to disbursement
  • Consumer disclosures in accordance with HEOA Title X requirements
  • Real-time delivery of credit agreement
  • Disbursement of funds to school or borrower
  • Management of loan servicing
  • Close monitoring of credit migration
  • Credit models used in repayment inform delinquency and collections management efforts
  • Extensive reporting and analytics
  • Structuring of securitization/asset selection
  • Negotiation with transaction parties and coordination with rating agencies
  • Execution and reconciliation