TFC helps make education affordable for ALL students
Offering a TFC Tuition Financing option can be the difference between enrolling a new student and turning that potential student (and their future referred friends) away when traditional student loans fall short.
Our programs are designed to be flexible and unique to meet the different needs of each individual school. We’ve designed them to be simple, with quick setup via online portal, and they are time proven to lead directly to increased enrollment, retention, and profits.
We provide schools with tuition financing in three main areas
- Management of school institutional loans
- Lending against accounts receivable
- Revolving credit accounts
After enrollment, we take care of everything needed to complete the financing for your new student!
We have client schools that offer programs from auto repair to zoo management and range from the small, family operated school, to the multiple schools of larger, public corporations. They extend from the traditional correspondence school to distance education universities enrolling students virtually around the world.
Experience best-in-class servicing and account management over a user-friendly web-based platform that provides you with access to a large range of tools 24/7
Education Affiliations: AACS, APSA, APSCU, CAPPS, CCST, CECU, CNYSCS, CVTA, FAPSC, KACCS, NEPCSA, OMACCS, NWCC, PAPSA, PCSANJ
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m sick of hidden fees. What fees does TFC charge beyond a monthly servicing and credit card processing fees?
- No start-up fee to use TFC services
- No fee to set up each student account with TFC
- No minimum number of accounts required
- No fee to withdraw student account
- No fees charged to process checks or money orders
- No fee charged as a percentage of payments collected
- No fee charged for ACH processing
Does TFC handle student interest IRS reporting?
- TFC handles the required 1098-E paperwork and notifications of tax deduction for interest paid
What paperwork does TFC provide for students?
- TFC’s online application provides the necessary forms that you need to provide students when they sign up for a payment plan
- Depending on in which program the students enroll, they will receive either a payment coupon book or monthly statement to keep track of their payment due dates and amounts
- Upon request, we provide additional documents to students with no extra fees, including “Paid in full” confirmation letters and payment histories
Is this paperwork TILA compliant? What about state retail installment contract regulations?
- All of our retail installment contracts and TILA documentation has been reviewed by lawyers established in the education sector to be compliant in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
What follow-up is done by TFC if students don’t pay?
- Students receive email and text reminders (when possible) before their payment is due, and after a payment is missed
- If students become past due, our customer service team contacts them continually by phone, mail, text, and email. This team is staffed with individuals who are well trained to work with past due students in getting their payments flowing again. They accomplish this without being rude or offensive; we rely on persistence and a “let’s work this out together” attitude while reminding the student why their education & credit are important to their future
- Following-up these calls with past due notices and delinquency letters maximizes the collection effort and maximizes collections. When these actions are performed by a national student financing company, the seriousness of the delinquency is brought to the attention of the student and their co-signer, and the importance of making payment now is emphasized
Does TFC use live counselors or automated messages to contact students?
- Frequent telephone calls to past due students and their co-buyers are made by live personnel and have been time proven as the best way to generate collections.
Who will contact our students? Does TFC outsource customer service?
- All management and servicing of student accounts and all related customer service and follow-up efforts are performed in TFC offices by our own professionally trained staff in New York and California
Can student payment amounts and/or interest rates change over time if the student prefers it?
- Payment plans can be structured to have up to four tiers of different payment amounts and/or different interest rates in the same plan. Payment plans are flexible, so, for example, you can offer students a lower monthly payment while in school vs. after they graduate
Does TFC report students to credit bureaus?
- As an optional service, TFC can report student accounts to all three credit bureaus
Can students be set up with automatic monthly payments?
- Payments can be made by automatic monthly charge to credit/debit cards, bank checking/savings accounts, or as payroll deductions from their employers
How can my school’s staff review our student accounts with TFC?
- 24/7 access to student information and historical reports are available online. We provide this information to help you track payment status and monitor key tracking points on students
- Schools with multiple campuses can set up users with access to student data for one, multiple, or all campuses together
- Each user can have different settings associated with their accounts
What other legal considerations does TFC handle for our school?
- All contact with students is performed in accordance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- TFC provides 1098-E interest paid forms to specific students automatically as required by the IRS and to any other students requesting them
- TFC sends required 1098-E data to IRS via their required electronic data transmission protocol
- TFC responds to bankruptcy claims and sends proof of claim to the required courts, with copies to your school
Who owns the student accounts receivable? Can they be sold?
- Your school continues to own the student accounts. They are financial assets for the school to hold or sell, depending on your needs. They are not sold nor assigned to TFC.
