Student Loan Xpress' Parent Corporation CIT Group Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

CIT Group, the owner of Student Loan Xpress, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday night, November 1, 2009. CIT's bankruptcy filing will be the fifth largest in U.S. history. The 101 year old lender received a $2.33 billion taxpayer-financed bailout in December 2008. This taxpayer money will most likely be lost. The effect of CIT Group's bankruptcy filing on the pending class action settlement in the Student Loan Xpress matter and on all former Silver State Helicopters students who obtained loans from SLX is not yet known. Student Loan Xpress' website states that "Student Loan Xpress is a member company of CIT Group Inc." Because Student Loan Xpress itself did not file bankruptcy, there is no automatic stay preventing litigation against Student Loan Xpress from going forward.