Citigroup May Sell Student Loan Corp. to Sallie Mae Consortium

Citigroup (C) plans to sell its student-lending unit Student Loan Corp. to a consortium including Sallie Mae as early as today, The New York Post reported.

Citigroup owns 80% of the company, with another 20% being publicly traded. It is the country’s second-largest student lender, after Sallie Mae.

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The deal could see Sallie Mae and another company offer as much as $600 million to…

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Wilbur Ross, Carlyle Will Buy Ireland’s Education Savings Bank

Investor Wilbur Ross will buy Ireland’s troubled Education Savings Bank as part of a consortium with private equity outfit Carlyle and Dublin-based Cardinal Group.

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The consortium will close the deal for the bank, which has about $15 billion in deposits, as soon as next week, Ross told CNBC.

The consortium will “buy the bank and pour capital into it”, CNBC reported.

The Irish bank…

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