A private student loan provider is moving to Austin with plans to hire more than 200 people.

Education Finance Partners Inc., based in San Francisco, will open a customer operations center in North Austin. The location will house loan operations, customer service, technology and human resources. It expects to bring the site up to full capacity by May 1.

Austin “is rich with educated and tech-savvy individuals, and that is what we need,” says CEO Tamera Briones. “When looking for where to expand our operations, we wanted a location where we could draw from the best and brightest minds.”

Education Finance Partners will host job fairs in the Austin area to recruit workers. It plans the first at the Renaissance Hotel on Feb. 1.

Education Finance Partners offers private education loans to cover the gap between the cost of education and available federal loans, scholarships and grants. It serves a national customer base.

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