For other uses, see Loan (disambiguation). Finance Financial markets Bond market Stock (Equities) Market Forex market Derivatives market Commodity market Money market Spot (cash) Market OTC market Real Estate market Private equity Market participants Investors Speculators Institutional Investors Corporate finance Structured finance Capital budgeting Financial risk management Mergers and Acquisitions Accounting Financial Statements Auditing Credit rating agency Leveraged buyout Venture capital Personal finance Credit and Debt Employment contract Retirement Financial planning Public finance Tax Banks and banking Fractional-reserve banking Central Bank List of banks Deposits Loan Money supply Financial regulation Finance designations Accounting scandals History of finance Stock market bubble Recession Stock market crash History of private equity This box: view • talk • edit A loan is a loan in order to put the borrower in a position that one can gain advantage over him or her. Where the moneylender is not authorised, it could be considered a loan shark. Usury is a different form of abuse, where the lender charges excessive interest. In different time periods and cultures the acceptable interest rate has varied, from no interest at all to unlimited interest rates. Credit card companies in some countries have been accused by consumer organisations of lending at usurious interest rates and making money out of frivolous "extra charges". [1] Abuses can also take place in the form of the customer abusing

JITO to disburse education loans

Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO) has launched an easy education loan scheme - JITO Educational Loan Programme (JELP) to encourage Jain students to pursue higher studies.

Factoring employment potential into college choices

Students shouldn't take out education loans they won't be able to repay.

The US economy slows -- and so does worker mobility

After a short revival from the 2007-09 recession, the US economy has dipped again. Gross domestic product growth fell from April to June compared with previous months. One reason may well be that more people are unwilling to move to jobs in other states.

State offering fixed rate college loans

College tuition invoices are in the mail and will be due in the next several weeks, leaving some New York students and families scrambling to fill the tuition gap between their available financial aid the amount due on the bill.

STATES

OTHER STATES: Power: Deficit then, surplus now, exporter soon Em-powering North-East.

INDUSTRY & ECONOMY

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Mining: GoM for profit-sharing with land losers The Group of Ministers on the new mining legislation has suggested setting up an effective mechanism to ensure that profits are shared by companies with land losers.

SLM Corporation Announces Preferred Dividends

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SLM Corporation (NYSE:SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, today announced a 2010 fourth-quarter dividend on its Preferred Stock Series A of $0.87125 per share. The dividend on the Preferred Stock Series A will be paid on Nov. 1, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 22, 2010. In addition, the company announced a 2010 third-quarter dividend ...