Wells Fargo, Amazon End Student-Loan Partnership

That was quick. A partnership between Amazon.com and Wells Fargo & Co.'s private student lending department has come to an end about six weeks after it was announced.

Spokeswomen for both companies confirmed that the partnership, which was more than a year in the making, has come to an end. The dissolution was first reported by Bloomberg.

In July, The Wall Street Journal reported that Wells Fargo would offer interest-rate discounts to Amazon Prime Student shoppers, an arrangement that had been in discussions for more than a year. The discount could be used as a way to boost Wells Fargo private student loan applicants—a potential boon for the bank in a lending market that has become increasingly competitive—and Amazon Prime Student members.

In discussing the arrangement in July, John Rasmussen, head of the personal lending group at Wells Fargo that oversees the bank's private student lending, said it was a multiyear partnership. He said the two companies weren't compensating each other.

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August 31, 2016 18:45 ET (22:45 GMT)

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