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Peanut Butter Feature to Know: Employer Responsibilities
When offering Student Loan Assistance, it’s important for employers to understand their responsibilities for success. Benefit maintenance is simple, and one of the core reasons our services stand out is ease of use. With Peanut Butter’s SaaS solution, employers...
Peanut Butter Feature to Know: Employee Loan Verification
When thinking about Student Loan Repayment for employees, companies are commonly curious about the criteria considered when Peanut Butter verifies individuals student loan information during their enrollment process. As an employee links or provides their student loan...
Make a material difference for employees’ financial wellbeing through Student Loan Assistance
Employees are asking for more from their employers in 2024. While common benefits like Healthcare, Retirement, and PTO have become industry standards. Other emerging benefits are now coming to the forefront to help improve financial wellness. Student Loan Assistance...
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Student loans blocking your retirement savings? A change to federal law MIGHT help [The Boston Globe]
Since 2015, employers have been contributing modest monthly amounts (e.g., $50) toward employee student loans and achieving profound results: 13% faster hiring timelines, 36% longer employee tenure, and Greater gender and cultural diversity. This year, more companies...
How does Peanut Butter process employer contributions?
When considering Student Loan Assistance, many employers have questions surrounding the flow of funds and how their contributions are applied toward employees’ student loans. Once a client gets started with their Peanut Butter Student Loan Repayment program, they’ll...
Ensuring a successful launch for your Student Loan Assistance program
Conceptually, there’s many ideas surrounding the right route for a successful Student Loan Assistance program launch. When considering this new benefit, it’s important for employers to understand what works. In a recent article from Indeed, three key requirements were...
The Reality of Government Student Loan Forgiveness Initiatives
In 2024, 43 million Americans hold student debt for 1.7 trillion dollars outstanding. That means the average student loan borrower has close to $40,000 still to pay off on their debt. A daunting number for most, and student debt's impact is still continuing to grow....
Four things employers shared when they switched their administrator, and hired Peanut Butter
Selecting the right vendor for any benefit is a crucial component of a program’s success. During our time supporting group transitions from other Student Loan Assistance administrators, we’ve learned four key reasons on why employers are choosing to make the switch....
Your company doesn’t need to offer 529 college savings plans, and if you must, get the program free from your state
Employers have continued to explore a wide array of benefits, especially as the war for top talent has continued to become increasingly more difficult. 529 college savings plans are one option employers consider for a few reasons. For one, to create a commonplace for...
Creating value for employees headed into 2024
As we kick-off 2024, research and data on end-of-year spending are already surfacing. According to The 19th News, "Student loan repayments are putting a damper on holiday spending — especially for Gen Z and millennials." As widely known, federal student loan payments...