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Global FinTech Innovators Recognized in Seventh Annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program

Candidly recognized as Best Student Loan Management Platform in 2023 FinTech Breakthrough Awards . . .

Candidly picks up student debt relief where new US policies leave off

Student debt relief has been a hot topic for years now, with some big things happening — policy-wise — in the past year: Last summer, the Biden. . .

529 College Savings Plans Reach Record Amid Student Loan Forgiveness Debate

529 college savings plans reach $411 billion as Supreme Court and private industry considers how to manage student loan burdens. . .

Candidly’s Partnership With American Eagle Outfitters Helps Pay Down More Than $100,000 of Student Debt for Associates

Candidly, the market’s most comprehensive student debt management platform, today announced that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO), a . . .

Great SECURE 2.0 Advice for Advisors: VCI Industry Leaders Summit

For her part, Taylor noted that offering benefits that address student debt will become the new normal in the workplace—something that got a big . . .

2023 employee benefits & workplace predictions: DEI and wellbeing efforts

The Great Resignation took over 2022, and in order to attract and retain employees, especially diverse employees, the key will be to include DEI . . .

Student loan repayment plan proposed by Biden could cut monthly bills in half, with some borrowers paying $0

Details on President Joe Biden’s long-awaited changes to income-based repayment plans have been released by the U.S. Department of Education . . .

Student Loan Debt in 2023: What We Know (and Don’t Know)

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Feb. 28 to decide whether the Biden administration overstepped its authority with its agenda to . . .

Student Loan Updates: Everything To Know in January if You Have Debt

“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. . .

Student loan borrowers could soon have an easier time building up 401(k) balances for retirement

A student loan provision included in the omnibus appropriations bill Congress is poised to pass in the next few days could be “transformational” . . .

Candidly sees client surge amid student loan turbulence

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 . . .

Student loan forgiveness is paused after court challenge. Here’s what you can do.

"It's such a rollercoaster for borrowers emotionally," noted Laurel Taylor, CEO of Candidly, a student debt and savings service.

Your federal student debt repayments are resuming: Don’t get surprised, prepare now

Tens of millions of Americans will have to start resuming federal student debt payments in January, but are they ready?

Student loan forgiveness makes it ‘possible to build wealth’ for a generation that fell behind

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

15 Companies That Help Employees Pay Off Their Student Loans

From Google to Staples, these corporations are making student loan assistance an in-demand job benefit.

‘This is something that has never happened before:’ Student loan borrowers should prepare for site crashes and long waits when forgiveness application goes live

Candidly Releases Automated Public Service Loan Forgiveness Tool

Candidly, the market's most comprehensive student debt management platform, today announced the release of its automated Public Service Loan Forgivene

Vanguard Partners With Candidly For Student Loan Repayment Program

Vanguard has partnered with Candidly to offer retirement plan sponsors a student loan debt repayment program option for eligible employees.The finan

Thinking about student loan benefits? 3 reasons why now is the time to get started

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.

Using the Cloud to Find and Invent Opportunities

Inventive entrepreneurs look at the world and see opportunity. Even during the last few years of disruption, this has held true. For example, between

Candidly offers an escape from looming student debt crisis

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

Women and minorities owe disproportionate student debt: this startup wants to change that

5 market niches banks are reaching with technology

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 on the Student Debt Scourge and How Advisors Help

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...

President Biden Extended the Student Loan Repayment Freeze Again. Here’s How to Take Advantage of This ‘Fantastic Opportunity’

If you have federal student loan debt, you now have three additional months to prepare for payments on that debt to restart.

SF Business Times

The deal with one of the nation's largest financial players will allow the startup to reach a huge new audience.

Plan Sponsor

As monthly federal student loan payments are set to resume in the fall, more employees are requesting access to assistance and repayment programs.

Crunchbase

Student loan startups are seeing tailwinds of new investment and new customers as the U.S. faces a continued student loan debt crisis.

BenefitsPro

The $900 billion Coronavirus Relief package is slated to bring much needed financial relief to Americans devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Withi...

SHRM

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 27 extends for five years COVID-19 relief that...

Plan Advisor

Employers will be allowed to make tax-free contributions of up to $5,250 per employee annually toward eligible education expenses, including tuitio...

Employee Benefits News

Wealth management giant UBS added new benefit offerings on Thursday aimed to improve employees’ personal finances, including a partnership with Mor...

Forbes

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...

NYTimes

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...

US News

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...

Yahoo Finance

FutureFuel.io is combating the student debt crisis. CEO Laurel Taylor joins Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman, Kristin Myers, and Wall Street Journal Wea...

Techcrunch

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...

Business Insider

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...

BBJ

Boston-based startup FutureFuel wants to create an online marketplace that connects job candidates with sought-after skills to companies that will...