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What is MFA? MFA stands for Multi-Factor Authentication; this is a layered approach to securing applications and data by requiring users to verify their identity with a combination of two or more credentials.
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Financial Aid Services (FAS) and Genesis Software, we are known for our industry expertise with decades worth of experience. But how did our experts first begin their journey in the world of Higher Education and Financial Aid? This month we’re hearing from Susan Barber, a senior consultant and expert on all things Pell. Sue also recently took over managing our Reconciliation department!
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FAS is excited to announce a new addition to our Genesis and Student Eligibility Review teams: Kelly Kinnett!!!! We’ve known Kelly for many years now and are thrilled to have her expertise on our teams!
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This Tax Matrix can be used to assist schools when verifying tax data on a student’s ISIR (skip to definitions to learn what an ISIR is). Because the IRS Tax Return Transcript doesn’t have line or item numbers AND uses different terminology than the FAFSA, matching tax data to a student’s ISIR can become confusing quickly. That is where this matrix comes in!
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We have you covered with a full year of deadlines listed out by month. We’ve included both DOE deadlines as well as FAS specific deadlines. Mark your calendar’s for the annual FAS conference in May, Verification award year deadlines, FISapp deadlines, Constitution Day and more!
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Financial Aid Services Inc. was brought to life back in April of 1980. We come from humble beginnings, when Albert Gillis started FAS with just 3 family members as employees over 40 years ago. Now, in 2023, the business has now grown to almost 50 employees that we still call family.
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There have been some new developments since our last blog: “Federal Loan Repayment: Where do you Stand in 2022.” There is no doubt that the Direct Loan Repayment pause, and Student Loan Cancellation can be both confusing and difficult to stay in the know about.
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Today we are highlighting one of our long time employees, Angelyn! Angelyn has been at FAS for 14 years, and is starting her semi-retirement at the beginning of 2023. We […]
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By: Ashley Dowling – That year, a cousin of mine moved to the United States from Holland. We hardly knew each other, and rarely spoke but for some reason she reached out and invited me to come to her Brooklyn apartment in New York to do the “Times Square” thing. So, hardly knowing this woman, I did what any reasonable person might do – buy a bus ticket. 😉
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Today we are breaking down some of our best practices when processing and calculating R2T4’s. But first, what even is a R2T4?
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