According to a report in today’s Sunday Gleaner, the Montego Co-operative Credit Union is claiming that its student loan, which offers a maximum J$3 million at 14% interest, is the closest thing that Jamaicans will find to Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) funds .. more details here
Continue reading...Sunday, July 4, 2010
Details from advertisement in today’s Sunday Gleaner: The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) urges all applicants to check their status and to set their guarantor interview appointments as soon as possible by visiting the SLB website – slbja.com. Steps: Click on “Appointments / loan status” Enter your TRN Click on “Click here to set your appointment” [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Public Notice (as per newspaper advertisements) The Students’ Loan Bureau is entering the FINAL two weeks of our application period for 2010. All applicants (new & returning) are REQUIRED to set appointments on the Students’ Loan Bureau website – slbja.com – for the submission of relevant documents and the payment of fees. PERSONS WITHOUT AN [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 4, 2010
Minister of Finance, Audley shaw, has announced that instructions have been issued to the Students Loan Bureau (SLB) to lower its lending rates. An official announcement will reportedly be made soon on the rate adjustments. The expected rate adjustments are part of an overall interest rate reduction strategy being pursued by the Jamaica Government, as [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 22, 2009
The Students’ Loan Bureau has advertisement in both major newspapers today, invite persons to apply for a loan. The details (as per the ad): Make a sound investment in your future today! Attain your tertiary education without the worry of accessing funds. Apply for a loan at the Students’ Loan Bureau. Application and renewal period [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
Speaking yesterday at the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s (CMI) graduation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that in the very near future, students who are pursuing courses / programs that are considered vital to the country’s development, will be given preferred status when applying for loans from the Students [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) ran an ad in the printed media yesterday, stating the following: The Students’ Loan Bureau urges all applicants to check their status and to set their guarantor interview appointments as soon as possible by visiting the SLB website – www.slbja.com Steps: Click on “Appointments / loan status” Enter your TRN [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 25, 2009
Today’s “Letter of the Day” in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, is by E. COLEMAN from St. Mary, and references the need for students to realise what they are getting into before signing off on a loan agreement. He / she makes a few good points in their letter: That far too many students don’t have [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 24, 2009
Daraine Luton writes in today’s Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, about a former student who now regrets going to the Students’ Loan Bureau in order to finance her tertiary education. She describes her students’ loan ordeal as a ‘deal with the devil’, and claims that her peace of mind has been disturbed since she graduated from the [...]
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
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