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News for SLM Corporation (Nasdaq: SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, centers on its role in private student lending, education finance, and public company activities. The company focuses on originating and servicing Private Education Loans that are not made, insured, or guaranteed by state or federal governments, and it regularly issues updates that reflect this focus on education-related finance.
Visitors to this news page can find coverage of corporate and financial announcements, such as quarterly and full-year financial results, earnings conference calls, and dividend declarations on preferred and common stock. SLM Corporation also announces investor events, including investor forums and appearances at financial services conferences, where executives discuss company performance and strategy.
Another important category of news involves strategic partnerships and capital markets activity. For example, the company has announced a multi-year private credit strategic partnership with KKR, under which KKR expects to purchase portfolios of private education loans using KKR-managed credit funds and accounts. These items highlight how SLM Corporation manages funding and loan origination capacity in the private education loan market.
SLM Corporation also issues news related to scholarships, community programs, and financial literacy. Press releases describe scholarship awards through The Sallie Mae Fund’s Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program and Completing the Dream Scholarship Program, as well as guidance on topics such as scholarship myths and the FAFSA process. These updates reflect the company’s stated focus on expanding access, affordability, and college completion.
By following this page, readers can review a stream of company-issued news about SLM’s financial results, investor communications, partnerships, scholarship initiatives, and educational resources, all in one place.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) expanded graduate loan options for medical and dental students on March 17, 2026, adding flexible in-school repayment, prequalification with no credit impact, and extended deferment periods.
The program covers up to 100% of school-certified costs, offers competitive rates with no origination or application fees, and includes scholarship resources.
The Sallie Mae Fund (Nasdaq: SLM) is accepting applications for the 2026–27 Bridging the Dream Scholarship for High School Seniors, offering up to $300,000 total to fund 30 students with up to $10,000 each. Applicants must be Pell-Grant eligible high school seniors planning accredited college or eligible certificate programs. The application window is open through April 24, 2026. The program is administered by Thurgood Marshall College Fund and complements Sallie Mae’s other scholarship tools and resources.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) entered a $200 million accelerated share repurchase (ASR) with Goldman Sachs, to be prefunded March 10, 2026, under its $500 million board-authorized repurchase program.
Combined with prior repurchases this quarter, first-quarter repurchases and commitments total nearly $300 million. Final shares depend on VWAP less a discount and customary adjustments; transactions are expected to complete before the end of Q2 2026.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) said CEO Jon Witter will speak at the 2026 RBC Capital Markets Global Financial Institutions Conference on Wednesday, March 11 at 4:40 p.m. ET. A live audio webcast and replay will be available via the company investor site at SallieMae.com/investors.
The company reiterated its role as a private student-lending leader and pointed to its products and resources supporting college access and lifelong learning.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) priced a $618 million student loan asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction on March 4, 2026. The deal drew broad institutional demand and achieved tighter pricing versus the company's prior on-balance sheet ABS, supporting Sallie Mae's diversified funding strategy and programmatic issuer role in the student loan ABS market.
The company said investor engagement validated the attractiveness of seasoned private education loan assets and underlined confidence in its underwriting, servicing, and credit performance.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) set its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders for June 16, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will be held virtually and is open to stockholders of record as of April 20, 2026. Additional details will appear in the company proxy statement to be filed in late April.
The company described its student-lending and educational support mission and provided investor and media contact details.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) announced that Chief Financial Officer Pete Graham will speak at the Bank of America Securities 2026 Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 12:10 p.m. ET. A live audio webcast and replay will be available at SallieMae.com/investors.
The event is a corporate presentation by the company covering financial services topics; investors can access the live feed and later replay via the investor site.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) appointed Steve Turner as Chief Technology and Enablement Officer effective February 2, 2026.
Turner will oversee technology architecture, IT delivery, data and information, and physical security. He brings 25+ years of technology leadership, including senior roles at Bank of America and Walgreens.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) released fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 financial results and will host an earnings call on Jan. 22, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. ET with a webcast and replay available on the investor website. The Board authorized a new $500 million share repurchase program beginning Jan. 22, 2026, expected to be completed over ~24 months ending Feb. 4, 2028. The company's prior $650 million 2024 repurchase program remains open until Feb. 6, 2026 or until expended. Repurchases may occur via tender offers, open market purchases, accelerated repurchases, negotiated/block purchases, or 10b5-1/trading plans; timing and amounts are at management's discretion.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) declared 2026 first-quarter dividends: a Preferred Stock Series B dividend of $1.4327141 per share and a common stock dividend of $0.13 per share. Both dividends are payable on March 16, 2026 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2026. The announcement reiterates the company's focus on financing access to education and related resources.