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sallie mae = student loans. fannie mae and freddie mac are home mortgage only.

• amackera 16y ago
  Did all the financial institutions in the States get together to come up with the most ridiculous sounding names?
  • portman 16y ago
    They're attempts to phonetically sound out the acronym. FNMA = Federal National Mortgage Association = "Fannie Mae" SLMA = Student Loan Marketing Association = "Sallie Mae"
    • miniatureape 16y ago
      Attempts that gives them "folksy" small-bank sounding names.
  • deleted 16y ago
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