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Peanut Butter Insights: Are company contributions applied to employees’ principal balance?

One questions that comes up during meetings with clients and prospects is, if we choose to offer Student Loan Repayment are company contributions applied toward our employees' principal balance? To answer that question. Employer-sponsored contributions are applied...

Peanut Butter Insights: Should employers conduct enrollment at the same time as their health plan enrollment?

During our discussions with potential clients. A common question that comes up is when employers should offer Student Loan Assistance during the calendar year, and should this timeline align with their health plan open enrollment? What we've found, is that it is often...

Peanut Butters Earns Six G2 Badges for Winter 2025

G2 is the world's largest business to business software review platform, helping organizations identify the best technology for their product needs. Each quarter, the platform honors top vendors for how they stand-out in their respective industries. For Winter 2025,...

What should employers keep in mind when designing their Student Loan Assistance plans?

When discussing the set-up of a Student Loan Assistance program with clients, there's always a few recommendations we have for employers on what should be top of mind. In this post, we'll outline these key elements in three rules of thumb. In our experience, the rules...

[Voluntary Advantage] What Your Business Needs to Know About Student Debt in 2025

This article was originally published by Voluntary Advantage in the December 2024 edition of the Voluntary Benefits Voice. To read the full publication, click here; this article appears on page 21-22. Just over a year ago, our CEO Dave Aronson had the opportunity to...

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How Student Loan Debt Can Impact Your Life [LendEDU]

How Student Loan Debt Can Impact Your Life [LendEDU]

As we round out 2023, student debt is playing a much bigger role than it did in years past in the lives nearly 50 million Americans. Today, the average borrower owes right around $30,000 toward their student loans, and this number will only continue to grow year by...

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Here’s A Winning Strategy For Hiring Early Talent: Help Them With Their Student Loans [Forbes]

Here’s A Winning Strategy For Hiring Early Talent: Help Them With Their Student Loans [Forbes]

As employers continue to navigate the post-pandemic era, a new normal is setting in for student debt holders as payments resume in October. The end of pandemic-related forbearance doesn't generate a net new monthly expense for most borrowers, but it certainly feels...

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The CFOs at Nvidia and Estée Lauder say helping employees pay off student loans is vital. Here’s how they’re doing it [Yahoo! Finance]

The CFOs at Nvidia and Estée Lauder say helping employees pay off student loans is vital. Here’s how they’re doing it [Yahoo! Finance]

Yahoo Finance has reported that CFO's from top employers like Estée Lauder and Nvidia are speaking about Student Loan Assistance being a vital benefit for organizational success. The article began by highlighting the recent survey from the Society of Human Resources...

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Student Loan Assistance = Financial Wellness at its Finest

Student Loan Assistance = Financial Wellness at its Finest

Student Loan Assistance has shifted to the top of many news headlines and Human Resources department agendas in October. The month that many thought wouldn't arrive for the past three and a half years is now in full swing, and borrowers around the country are making...

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Now’s the time to offer Student Loan Assistance

Now’s the time to offer Student Loan Assistance

During the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic, board rooms and executive suites around the country were filled with uncertainty. However, even with troubling times and a holiday on required federal student loan payments, many employers still chose to offer Student Loan...

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Think twice before paying someone to help you (or your employees) apply for loan forgiveness

Think twice before paying someone to help you (or your employees) apply for loan forgiveness

Loan forgiveness through government programs has, and always will remain a hot topic in the media. Specifically, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). This program is handled by the the department of education and borrowers may only apply at studentaid.gov. Once...

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[The Wall Street Journal] Student Loan Borrowers Face Repayment Soon. CFOs Are Watching to See if Spending Takes a Hit.

[The Wall Street Journal] Student Loan Borrowers Face Repayment Soon. CFOs Are Watching to See if Spending Takes a Hit.

A recent article from The Wall Street Journal analyzed the resumption of federal student loan payments alongside other spending trends. It highlighted that these payments will likely significantly impact spending nationwide as gas prices and typical grocery bills...

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