Borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

The following table summarizes our borrowings at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.


	September 30, 2024						December 31, 2023
(Dollars in thousands)	Short-Term		Long-Term		Total		Short-Term		Long-Term		Total
Unsecured borrowings:
Unsecured debt (fixed-rate)	$	—	$	994,614	$	994,614	$	—	$	992,200	$	992,200
Total unsecured borrowings	—		994,614		994,614		—		992,200		992,200
Secured borrowings:
Private Education Loan term securitizations:
Fixed-rate	—		4,204,755		4,204,755		—		3,585,254		3,585,254
Variable-rate	—		837,158		837,158		—		650,058		650,058
Total Private Education Loan term securitizations	—		5,041,913		5,041,913		—		4,235,312		4,235,312
Secured Borrowing Facility	—		—		—		—		—		—
Total secured borrowings	—		5,041,913		5,041,913		—		4,235,312		4,235,312
Total	$	—	$	6,036,527	$	6,036,527	$	—	$	5,227,512	$	5,227,512

Schedule of Securities Financing Transactions

The following table summarizes our secured financings issued in the year ended December 31, 2023 and in the nine months ended September 30, 2024.


Issue	Date Issued	Total Issued		Weighted Average Cost of Funds(1)	Weighted Average Life (in years)
(Dollars in thousands)
Private Education Loans:





2023-A	March 2023	$	579,000	SOFR plus 1.53%	5.06
2023-C	August 2023	568,000		SOFR plus 1.69%	4.93
Total notes issued in 2023		$	1,147,000

Total loan and accrued interest amount securitized at inception in 2023(2)		$	1,292,507

2024-C	May 2024	$	668,000	SOFR plus 1.19%	5.36
2024-E	August 2024	868,000		SOFR plus 1.42%	5.17
Total notes issued in 2024		$	1,536,000

Total loan and accrued interest amount securitized at inception in 2024(3)		$	1,678,289

(1) Represents SOFR equivalent cost of funds for floating and fixed-rate bonds, excluding issuance costs.

(2) At September 30, 2024, $1.11 billion of our Private Education Loans, including $1.02 billion of principal and $85 million in capitalized interest, were encumbered related to these transactions.

(3) At September 30, 2024, $1.65 billion of our Private Education Loans, including $1.51 billion of principal and $138 million in capitalized interest, were encumbered related to these transactions.

Schedule of Variable Interest Entities

We consolidate our financing entities that are VIEs as a result of our being the entities’ primary beneficiary. As a result, these financing VIEs are accounted for as secured borrowings.


As of September 30, 2024 (dollars in thousands)	Debt Outstanding						Carrying Amount of Assets Securing Debt Outstanding
	Short-Term		Long-Term		Total		Loans		Restricted Cash		Other Assets(1)		Total
Secured borrowings:
Private Education Loan term securitizations	$	—	$	5,041,913	$	5,041,913	$	6,344,419	$	170,982	$	419,945	$	6,935,346
Secured Borrowing Facility	—		—		—		—		—		1,636		1,636
Total	$	—	$	5,041,913	$	5,041,913	$	6,344,419	$	170,982	$	421,581	$	6,936,982


As of December 31, 2023	Debt Outstanding						Carrying Amount of Assets Securing Debt Outstanding
	Short-Term		Long-Term		Total		Loans		Restricted Cash		Other Assets(1)		Total
Secured borrowings:
Private Education Loan term securitizations	$	—	$	4,235,312	$	4,235,312	$	5,539,964	$	149,412	$	311,697	$	6,001,073
Secured Borrowing Facility	—		—		—		—		—		1,066		1,066
Total	$	—	$	4,235,312	$	4,235,312	$	5,539,964	$	149,412	$	312,763	$	6,002,139

(1) Other assets primarily represent accrued interest receivable.

The table below provides a summary of our exposure related to our unconsolidated VIEs.


	September 30, 2024						December 31, 2023
(Dollars in thousands)	Debt Interests(1)		Equity Interests(2)		Total Exposure		Debt Interests(1)		Equity Interests(2)		Total Exposure
Private Education Loan term securitizations	$	591,155	$	54,840	$	645,995	$	423,327	$	54,481	$	477,808

(1) Vertical risk retention interest classified as available-for-sale investment.

(2) Vertical risk retention interest classified as trading investment.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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