Student Loan Corp, a division of Citibank, plans to cut 89 jobs from its Perinton operation, the company said Thursday.
The jobs represent almost one-quarter of Student Loan's local employment and their elimination is part of a company-wide restructuring and cost-cutting effort. Overall, 174 jobs are being cut, including some at Student Loan headquarters in Stamford, Conn., and at Citibank in South Dakota.
Citibank's subsidiary is just one lender that is either slashing costs to stay in the student loan business or getting out of the business entirely because of new challenges in making a profit. Sallie Mae, the largest student lender, has already laid off about 1,000 employees.
A statement on the planned cutbacks said Student Loan Corp. remains committed to the business and will provide the "same level of superior customer service that schools and borrowers have come to expect ... over the past 50 years."
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