Borrowings (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

The following table summarizes our secured borrowings at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.



	March 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
	Short-Term		Long-Term		Total		Short-Term		Long-Term		Total
Secured borrowings:
Private Education Loan term securitization	$	—	$	558,513	$	558,513	$	—	$	579,101	$	579,101
ABCP Facility	526,500		—		526,500		500,175		—		500,175
Total	$	526,500	$	558,513	$	1,085,013	$	500,175	$	579,101	$	1,079,276

Schedule of securities financing transactions

Secured Financings at Issuance



Issue	Date Issued	Total Issued To Third Parties		Weighted Average Cost of Funds⁽¹⁾	Weighted Average Life

Private Education:
2015-B	July 2015	$	630,800	1 month LIBOR plus 1.53%	4.82
Total notes issued in 2015		$	630,800

Total loan amount securitized at inception of the above on-balance sheet term securitization		$	745,580

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

Schedule of variable interest entities

We consolidate the following financing VIEs as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively:



	March 31, 2016
	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 securitization	$	—	$	558,513	$	558,513	$	671,603	$	10,281	$	46,305	$	728,189
ABCP Facility	526,500		—		526,500		902,049		15,567		91,713		1,009,329
Total	$	526,500	$	558,513	$	1,085,013	$	1,573,652	$	25,848	$	138,018	$	1,737,518

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(1) Other assets primarily represents accrued interest receivable.



	December 31, 2015
	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 securitization	$	—	$	579,101	$	579,101	$	687,298	$	9,996	$	45,566	$	742,860
ABCP Facility	500,175		—		500,175		923,687		12,443		58,095		994,225
Total	$	500,175	$	579,101	$	1,079,276	$	1,610,985	$	22,439	$	103,661	$	1,737,085

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(1) Other assets primarily represents accrued interest receivable.

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