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Student Loan Assistance Made Simple: From Setup to Launch in Just an Hour

by Joe Kwasniewski | November 12, 2025 | Benefits, Decisions, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, FAQ, Features, Human Capital, Human Resources, Program Management, Student Loan Assistance, Winning Together | 0 Comments

When it comes to employee benefits, simplicity matters. That’s why we’ve designed our Student Loan Assistance programs to be fast, intuitive, and easy to launch — requiring just about an hour of your team’s time from start to finish. Getting started begins with a...

Don’t Fall Behind: Why Direct Student Loan Repayment is Your ONLY Path to Attracting and Retaining Top Talent (and Why Now is the Time to Act)

by David Aronson | August 4, 2025 | Benefits, Decisions, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, FAQ, Features, Government Relations, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Program Management, Student Loan Assistance, Tax-free | 0 Comments

America's student debt crisis is undeniable. Over 45 million Americans, representing roughly 26% of the U.S. workforce, collectively hold $1.7 trillion in student debt. For Finance and HR executives, this reality presents both a challenge and a profound opportunity to...

Nonprofit Employers: This Is Your Chance to Help Employees Conquer Student Debt

by Joe Kwasniewski | July 16, 2025 | Benefits, Decisions, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, Employee Engagement, FAQ, Features, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Recruiting, Retaining Talent, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Balance, Student Loan Repayment, Tax-free | 0 Comments

Changes continue to get announced for borrowers enrolled in the former SAVE plan, bringing fiscal responsibility back to individuals holding these loans. For the millions of borrowers enrolled in this plan, deemed illegal in US courts, interest will begin accruing on...

Your Strategic Advantage: Tax-Free Student Loan Repayment Now Permanent

by David Aronson | July 11, 2025 | Benefits, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, Employee Engagement, FAQ, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Student Loan Assistance, Tax-free, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

To Our Valued Clients, This communication serves to inform you of a significant development that further enhances the value of the student loan repayment benefit you are already providing: the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). This legislation has...

Decoding the OBBB: Permanent Tax-Free Treatment of Employer-Sponsored Student Loan Repayment

by David Aronson | July 8, 2025 | Benefits, Differentiation, Employee Benefits, FAQ, Financial Wellbeing, Finding Talent, Human Capital, Human Resources, Insights, Plan Design, Program Management, Recruiting, Retaining Talent, Student Loan Assistance, Student Loan Balance, Student Loan Debt, Tax-free, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The OBBB has brought significant, permanent changes to federal student loans. For employers focused on college-educated talent, the biggest impact is the permanent tax-free status for employer student loan assistance. Employers have long found high ROI offering this...

Peanut Butter CEO returns to TrastyTrade

by David Aronson | Nov 29, 2017 | Press Room

I was fortunate to rejoin Kristi Ross and Tony Battista to discuss Peanut Butter, S.O.B.'s, entrepreneurship and empathy on TastyTrade's popular series, Bootstrapping in America. Thanks to Kristi and her team for having me on the show, and congrats again on their...

Why refinancing is not a benefit on its own

by David Aronson | Nov 25, 2017 | Insights

If your company is considering student loan refinancing, you should take a hard look at how a comprehensive Student Loan Assistance program differs from student loan refinancing on its own. The primary reason that companies should not offer student loan...

Employers are rethinking tuition reimbursement

by David Aronson | Nov 24, 2017 | Insights

We're all familiar with the old offer, "work for us for two years and we'll help pay for you to earn a college degree". Employers have been offering these programs for quite some time, but increasingly, the value of such programs are being called into question. The...

Three most popular Student Loan Repayment plan designs

by Philippe Melin | Nov 10, 2017 | Insights

One big advantage of Student Loan Assistance is its flexibility versus other benefits, providing employers the ability to tailor their Student Loan Assistance programs to meet their company's unique talent goals. While we can design plans in countless ways, the three...

Rise Interactive sees everyone ‘Rise’ with Student Loan Assistance

by David Aronson | Nov 8, 2017 | Winning Together

"Each month when I get that email... [from Peanut Butter] letting me know that my employer put me just a little bit closer to paying off my student debt, it definitely puts a pretty big smile on my face," says Rise Interactive's Daniel Ripes, Vice President of...

Why ProService Hawaii offers Student Loan Assistance

by David Aronson | Oct 15, 2017 | Financial Wellbeing, Winning Together

ProService Hawaii, the state's number one Payroll and Benefits Administrator, offers Peanut Butter's Student Loan Assistance to its employees. President and CEO Ben Godsey is particularly happy that the company can help its employees in a way that is relevant to their...

SHRM features Peanut Butter and Rise Interactive: ‘Tips for launching a Student-Loan Repayment benefit’

by David Aronson | Oct 12, 2017 | Insights, Press Room, Winning Together

Employer-sponsored student loan repayment programs are growing quickly as was highlighted in an October article published by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). In the article, Peanut Butter CEO David Aronson shared that companies are choosing to help...

Peanut Butter & LifeWorks announce strategic partnership

by David Aronson | Oct 4, 2017 | Financial Wellbeing, Press Room, Winning Together

Peanut Butter kicked off a new strategic partnership with LifeWorks today. LifeWorks will include Peanut Butter's Student Loan Assistance in its Employee Assistance Program (EAP), the world's leading EAP that is at the core of the first total well-being platform. By...

Student loans delaying Millennial homeownership by seven years

by David Aronson | Sep 27, 2017 | Insights

Research continues to show that student debt is delaying the American Dream. For employers, the opportunity to engage Millennial talent with a meaningful benefit that addresses their interests has never been so real. The National Association of Realtors and nonprofit...

Student loan program pays off for Rise Interactive