Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

KPMG LLP

Suite 700

20 Pacifica

Irvine, CA 92618-3391

 

 

Independent Accountants’ Agreed-Upon Procedures Report

 

Education Loan Finance, Inc. (the “Company”)

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Structuring Agent”)

BofA Securities, Inc.

(together, the “Specified Parties”)

 

Re: ELFI Graduate Loan Program 2026-A LLC – Data File Procedures

 

We have performed the procedures described below on the specified attributes in an electronic data file entitled “2026-A Loan Tape vf.xlsx” provided by the Company on September 8, 2026, containing information on 4,149 private education loans (the “Education Loans”) as of August 31, 2026 (the “Data File”), which we were informed are intended to be included as collateral in the offering by ELFI Graduate Loan Program 2026-A LLC. The Company is responsible for the specified attributes identified by the Company in the Data File.

 

The Specified Parties have agreed to and acknowledged that the procedures performed are appropriate to meet the intended purpose of assisting the Specified Parties in evaluating the accuracy of the specified attributes in the Data File. This report may not be suitable for any other purpose. No other parties have agreed to or acknowledged the appropriateness of these procedures for the intended purpose or any other purpose.

 

The procedures performed may not address all the items of interest to a user of this report and may not meet the needs of all users of this report and, as such, users are responsible for determining whether the procedures performed are appropriate for their purposes. We make no representation regarding the appropriateness of the procedures either for the intended purpose or for any other purpose.

 

Unless otherwise stated, the following definitions have been adopted in presenting our procedures and findings:

 

·The term “compared” means compared to the information shown and found it to be in agreement, unless otherwise stated. Such compared information was deemed to be in agreement if differences were within the reporting threshold.

 

·The term “reporting threshold” means that dollar amounts and percentages were within $1.00 and 0.01%, respectively.

 

·The term “Sources” means the following information related to each Selected Education Loan (defined below), provided by the Company, were represented by the Company to be copies of the original documents or electronic records contained within the origination system or servicing system.

 

–Electronic data file entitled “Loan Doc VOD or KPMG 2026A AUP degree query-updated with replacement.xlsx” detailing the school name and graduation date of the Selected Student Loans, which the Company represented was retrieved from the National Clearing House database by the Company (the “Degree Query File”).

 

–Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screenshots provided by the Company and represented to be from the Company’s servicing system (the “Servicing System Screenshots”).

 

–Scanned copies of Credit Score Exception Notice, DegreeVerify Certificate, Hard Pull File, Gross Income Calculation Document, Final Truth-In-Lending. We make no representation regarding the validity or accuracy of these documents or the execution of these documents by the borrower.

 

KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, and its subsidiaries are part of the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.

 

 

 

 

·The term “Instructions” means the instructions provided by the Company, pertaining to a procedure, attribute, or methodology, as described in the procedures below.

 

·The term “Provided Information” means the Sources and Instructions.

 

The procedures we were instructed by the Company to perform are as follows:

 

A.We randomly selected a sample of 150 Education Loans from the Data File (the “Selected Education Loans”) using a random sampling tool. A listing of the Selected Education Loans is attached hereto as Exhibit A. For purposes of this procedure, the Company did not inform us of the basis they used to determine the number of Education Loans we were instructed to randomly select from the Data File.

 

B.For each Selected Education Loan, we compared the specified attributes in the Data File listed below to or using the corresponding information included in the Sources, utilizing the Instructions, as applicable. The Company indicated that the absence of any of the information in the Sources, or the inability to agree the indicated information from the Data File to the Sources for each of the attributes identified, utilizing the Instructions as applicable, constituted an exception. The Sources are listed in the order of priority.

 

Attribute Sources / Instructions
Account Identification No. Final Truth-In-Lending
Loan Type Final Truth-In-Lending
Borrower State Final Truth-In-Lending
Original Loan Balance Final Truth-In-Lending
Current Interest Rate Servicing System Screenshots– Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “INT RTE” field
Current Loan Balance Servicing System Screenshots – Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “CUR PRIN” field
Repayment Begin Date Servicing System Screenshots – Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “REPAYMENT START” field
Repayment End Date Servicing System Screenshots – Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “EXP PAYOFF DATE” field
First Disbursement Date Servicing System Screenshots– Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “1st DISB DATE” field
Loan Status Servicing System Screenshots – Loan Detail Information TSX29 Screen – “STATUS” field
Borrower Credit Score Hard Pull File, Credit Score Exception Notice
Gross Income Gross Income Calculation Document
School Name

Degree Query File, DegreeVerify Certificate

 

If multiple values of School Name appeared on the Degree Query File for the same Selected Education Loan, we were instructed by the Company to ultilize the value that agreed with the Data File.

 

Graduation Date

Degree Query File, DegreeVerify Certificate

 

If multiple values of Graduation Date appeared on the Degree Query File for the same Selected Education Loan, we were instructed by the Company to ultilize the value that agreed with the Data File.

 

We found such information to be in agreement without exception.

 

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We were engaged by the Company to perform this agreed-upon procedures engagement. We conducted our engagement in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which involves us performing the specific procedures agreed to and acknowledged above and reporting on findings based on performing those procedures. We were not engaged to, and did not, conduct an examination or review, the objective of which would be the expression of an opinion or conclusion, respectively, on the specified attributes in the Data File. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion or conclusion. Had we performed additional procedures, other matters might have come to our attention that would have been reported.

 

We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements related to our agreed-upon procedures engagement.

 

The procedures performed were applied based on the information included in the Data File and Provided Information, without verification or evaluation of such information by us; therefore, we express no opinion or any other form of assurance regarding (i) the reasonableness of the information provided to us by the Company, (ii) the physical existence of the Education Loans, (iii) the reliability or accuracy of the Provided Information which was used in our procedures, or (iv) matters of legal interpretation.

 

The procedures performed were not intended to address, nor did they address: (i) the conformity of the origination of the Education Loans to stated underwriting or credit extension guidelines, standards, criteria or other requirements, (ii) the value of collateral securing any such Education Loans being securitized, (iii) the compliance of the originator of the Education Loans with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, or (iv) any other factor or characteristic of the Education Loans that would be material to the likelihood that the issuer of the asset-backed security will pay interest and principal in accordance with applicable terms and conditions. The procedures performed were not intended to satisfy any criteria for due diligence published by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSROs”).

 

The terms of our engagement are such that we have no responsibility to update this report because of events and circumstances that may subsequently occur.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Specified Parties. It is not intended to be and should not be used by any other person or entity, including investors or the NRSROs, who are not identified in the report as the Specified Parties but may have access to this report as required by law or regulation.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Irvine, California

September 18, 2026

 

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Exhibit A - The Selected Education Loans

 

Selected
Education

Loan #

Education Loan
Number*

Selected
Education

Loan #

Education Loan
Number*

Selected
Education

Loan #

Education Loan
Number*
1 2026A001 51 2026A051 101 2026A101
2 2026A002 52 2026A052 102 2026A102
3 2026A003 53 2026A053 103 2026A103
4 2026A004 54 2026A054 104 2026A104
5 2026A005 55 2026A055 105 2026A105
6 2026A006 56 2026A056 106 2026A106
7 2026A007 57 2026A057 107 2026A107
8 2026A008 58 2026A058 108 2026A108
9 2026A009 59 2026A059 109 2026A109
10 2026A010 60 2026A060 110 2026A110
11 2026A011 61 2026A061 111 2026A111
12 2026A012 62 2026A062 112 2026A112
13 2026A013 63 2026A063 113 2026A113
14 2026A014 64 2026A064 114 2026A114
15 2026A015 65 2026A065 115 2026A115
16 2026A016 66 2026A066 116 2026A116
17 2026A017 67 2026A067 117 2026A117
18 2026A018 68 2026A068 118 2026A118
19 2026A019 69 2026A069 119 2026A119
20 2026A020 70 2026A070 120 2026A120
21 2026A021 71 2026A071 121 2026A121
22 2026A022 72 2026A072 122 2026A122
23 2026A023 73 2026A073 123 2026A123
24 2026A024 74 2026A074 124 2026A124
25 2026A025 75 2026A075 125 2026A125
26 2026A026 76 2026A076 126 2026A126
27 2026A027 77 2026A077 127 2026A127
28 2026A028 78 2026A078 128 2026A128
29 2026A029 79 2026A079 129 2026A129
30 2026A030 80 2026A080 130 2026A130
31 2026A031 81 2026A081 131 2026A131
32 2026A032 82 2026A082 132 2026A132
33 2026A033 83 2026A083 133 2026A133
34 2026A034 84 2026A084 134 2026A134
35 2026A035 85 2026A085 135 2026A135
36 2026A036 86 2026A086 136 2026A136
37 2026A037 87 2026A087 137 2026A137
38 2026A038 88 2026A088 138 2026A138
39 2026A039 89 2026A089 139 2026A139
40 2026A040 90 2026A090 140 2026A140
41 2026A041 91 2026A091 141 2026A141
42 2026A042 92 2026A092 142 2026A142
43 2026A043 93 2026A093 143 2026A143
44 2026A044 94 2026A094 144 2026A144
45 2026A045 95 2026A095 145 2026A145
46 2026A046 96 2026A096 146 2026A146
47 2026A047 97 2026A097 147 2026A147
48 2026A048 98 2026A098 148 2026A148
49 2026A049 99 2026A099 149 2026A149
50 2026A050 100 2026A100 150 2026A150

 

* The Company has assigned a unique Education Loan Number to each Education Loan in the Data File. The Education Loan Numbers referred to in this Exhibit are not the Company’ actual Education Loan Numbers.