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WGN Business Lunch opens year with Peanut Butter (not the sandwich)
49 out of 50 college-educated Americans have a job today. How will your company attract talent in 2019? WGN radio host Jon Hansen invited Peanut Butter CEO David Aronson on the year's first business lunch to talk about how bad student debt has gotten, where it's...
Companies are using Student Loan Assistance to grow their businesses
Kiswe, a video streaming startup and Peanut Butter customer, has received positive press after deciding to introduce a Student Loan Assistance program late last year. In an excerpt from the article, which is shared below, Kiswe's CEO, Mike Schabel, speaks on his...
Extra budget dollars available after open enrollment? It’s an easy decision
The moment you've been preparing for your whole life, er, year has finally arrived. It's basically the Olympics for Human Resources professionals. It requires preparation and dedication, it's not for the faint of heart. You're...
A dollar a day towards your employees’ student loans goes a long way
One common misconception of Student Loan Assistance is that it is a costly benefit. Employers often think they need to offer upwards of $100 or more each month to roll out this type of benefit program. We're here to tell you that's not the case. By implementing best...
How to get executive approval for a Student Loan Assistance program
It's mid-November, you've done your research for this year's benefits and you've decided that you want to offer Student Loan Assistance to your employees come the first of the New Year. That's great! However, you quickly realize that you need to take this to your...
Peanut Butter awarded first place in Plug & Play Fintech program
Our company was honored to be selected earlier this year for the Fintech program at Plug & Play, a Silicon Valley-based organization that connects some of the world's largest and most innovative companies with the most promising technology firms in their...
Why offer a student loan assistance benefit?
The original version of this post was written by Kyleen Englestad and published on Marsh and McLennan Agency's blog. You can read the original post here. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only a third of employees who have access to a retirement program are...
Diversity and inclusion leaders can’t ignore student loans
Did you know, companies that are diverse boast 19 percent more revenue than those that are not? It's true, according to a recent BCG study. This finding could be part of the reason one in three human resources leaders stated that improving diversity would be a main...
The benefit that won’t burden your HR team
With 2019 right around the corner, your organization may be thinking you missed the boat on adding some new benefits to next year's offering. While that may be the case for other benefits, it doesn't have to be the case for Student Loan Assistance. Peanut Butter has...
Plug and Play selects startups for final accelerator batch of the year
The original version of this post was published on Technews Report and can be found here. Global accelerator program Plug and Play announced last week it has selected 158 startups to participate in its Winter 2018 batches. According to Plug and Play, the selected...