Tag: student loan debt

Panelists said encouraging better financial wellness can go a long way to helping workers manage their student loans.

The investment firm has also added personalized financial wellness digital capabilities.

It enables sponsors to shift their benefits dollars to the retirement plan or to an employee’s student loan servicer.

More employers are helping workers restructure loans, and some are even repaying the loans directly.

Political strategists discussed Social Security, the payroll tax deferral and student loan debt.

While loan forgiveness programs are an option, many applications are confusing and difficult to navigate.

Discussing college finances can be intimidating. These two firms want to open up that conversation for employees.

Employees can determine how they want to allocate employer 401(k) matching dollars—be it to their retirement account, to their student...

Workers facing debt payments must also prioritize long-term savings, as difficult as this may seem.

The IRS recently issued a private letter ruling approving a student loan repayment benefit within a retirement plan; ERIC wants...

The OneAmerica survey examines other topics relating to participant financial wellness, including health care expenses and the use of health...

IonTuition finds more than half (52%) of respondents still owe more than $15,000 in student loans, and the year-over-year data...

Paying down debt is a higher priority for survey respondents than saving.

With a new service from BenefitEd, workers can move the entire match over to pay down their student loan debt...

Plans which permit non-safe harbor hardship distributions could theoretically approve a participant’s hardship distribution request for the repayment of student...

However, a brief released from the Center of Retirement Research shows retirement wealth accumulation is affected by having student loans.

Franklin Templeton last year launched the Spryng crowd funding platform for college savings; at this point the firm has not...

While employees are grappling with things like higher health care costs, financially supporting other family members and debt, a study...

Student debt management is a complex and delicate issue that has a significant impact on employees’ broad financial wellness—but providing...

A poll by LendEDU finds 46% of Americans would participate in a proposed program that would provide loan forgiveness to...