When 18-year-old Thane Economou headed to college this fall, he had a checking account and a debit card — and the know-how to use them. “Over the past year, my father and mother sat me down and showed me how to write a check, how to keep the register balanced,” said Economou, a freshman at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. “I’m pretty comfortable managing my money.”

School Loans Corporation Appoints Meliss Hankin as Sr. Vice President of Business Development 
School Loans Corporation , a leading financial services company specializing in the marketing and private labeling of education loans, today announced the hiring of Meliss Hankin for the newly created position of Sr.