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Student loan payment suspension extended
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A recent survey found that 7 in 10 employers plan to enhance their benefits offerings in 2023, with many prioritizing benefits that promote employee wellness. And that’s with good reason, since workers who believe their employ...
On Friday, lawmakers passed the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package — and with it, gave the green light for major changes to how Americans save for retirement.Included among these new guidelines — which were first pro...
2022 was a big year for student loans — to say the least. With the new year just around the corner, here’s a look back at key moments and milestones for student debt in 2022: The start (and stop) of widesprea...
2022 was a big year for student debt — and we predict 2023 will be even bigger.Here’s a look at the twists, turns, and milestones on deck for the new year: A make-or-break moment for forgiveness The Supreme C...
The Department of Education (ED) on November 22 announced that the freeze on federal student loan repayment will remain in effect while it battles multiple legal challenges surrounding President Biden’s plan for student debt r...
Note: Refer to this post for the most recent news about student debt relief.The news of President Biden’s plan to grant federal student loan borrowers up to $20,000 in debt relief was thrilling, to say the least. But ...
The Great Resignation took over 2022, and in order to attract and retain employees, especially diverse employees, the key will be to include DEI . . .
Details on President Joe Biden’s long-awaited changes to income-based repayment plans have been released by the U.S. Department of Education . . .
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Feb. 28 to decide whether the Biden administration overstepped its authority with its agenda to . . .
“College graduates with student loan debt at the age of 30 have half of the retirement savings of those without student debt, on average,” Taylor. . .
A student loan provision included in the omnibus appropriations bill Congress is poised to pass in the next few days could be “transformational” . . .
Founder and CEO Laurel Taylor said the last few weeks of October saw a rush of employees trying to get documentation to be eligible to have . . .
"It's such a rollercoaster for borrowers emotionally," noted Laurel Taylor, CEO of Candidly, a student debt and savings service.
Tens of millions of Americans will have to start resuming federal student debt payments in January, but are they ready?
One of the first things Kyla Neese thought about after President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive between $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan de
From Google to Staples, these corporations are making student loan assistance an in-demand job benefit.
Candidly, the market's most comprehensive student debt management platform, today announced the release of its automated Public Service Loan Forgivene
Vanguard has partnered with Candidly to offer retirement plan sponsors a student loan debt repayment program option for eligible employees.The finan
With student loan repayment set to resume, the time is now to offer a benefits program that can help offset the impact of student debts.
Inventive entrepreneurs look at the world and see opportunity. Even during the last few years of disruption, this has held true. For example, between
This fall’s looming student debt crisis will bring the worst environment we’ve seen in decades. Fortunately, Candidly founder and CEO Laurel Taylor
Women and minorities owe disproportionate student debt: this startup wants to change that
Taking a page from challenger banks’ playbook, traditional banks and credit unions are focusing on niches to stand out in a mass of competitors.
Laurel Taylor joins us to discuss the scope of the problem, if it's getting better or worse and how advisors can help. We also somehow drag th...
If you have federal student loan debt, you now have three additional months to prepare for payments on that debt to restart.
The deal with one of the nation's largest financial players will allow the startup to reach a huge new audience.
As monthly federal student loan payments are set to resume in the fall, more employees are requesting access to assistance and repayment programs.
Student loan startups are seeing tailwinds of new investment and new customers as the U.S. faces a continued student loan debt crisis.
The $900 billion Coronavirus Relief package is slated to bring much needed financial relief to Americans devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Withi...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 27 extends for five years COVID-19 relief that...
Employers will be allowed to make tax-free contributions of up to $5,250 per employee annually toward eligible education expenses, including tuitio...
Wealth management giant UBS added new benefit offerings on Thursday aimed to improve employees’ personal finances, including a partnership with Mor...
The American narrative has been to get an education, find a job, work hard and create a better future for oneself and one's children. This is the p...
Sitting back, glass of wine in hand, John Kapon, the bespectacled chairman of Acker Merrall & Condit, a 200-year-old shop for fine and rare wines...
The student loan interest rate for undergraduates taking out new federal student loans has dropped to just 2.75% for the 2020-2021 year, down from...
FutureFuel.io is combating the student debt crisis. CEO Laurel Taylor joins Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman, Kristin Myers, and Wall Street Journal Wea...
One of the hottest Y Combinator startups just raised a big seed round to clean up the mess created by Uber, Postmates and the gig economy. Catch se...
When Laurel Taylor launched FutureFuel.io in 2016, she had one goal in mind: Put a dent in the $1.47 trillion in student debt (and growing) held...
Boston-based startup FutureFuel wants to create an online marketplace that connects job candidates with sought-after skills to companies that will...
