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Retirement Plans and Life Insurance Contribute to Employees’ Financial Security
Employees surveyed say these benefits contribute a lot to their feeling of financial security, but 83% are at least somewhat interested in help with accumulating emergency savings.
Schwab Retirement Plan Services Unveils Custom Financial Planning Tool
Participants receive personalized checklists and can check on their guide periodically to track progress against goals and update their information.

15th Anniversary of RPAY: 401k Advisors Intermountain
The 2017 PLANSPONSOR Large Adviser Team of the Year has gone through two major acquisitions in the past three years.
PANC 2020: Supporting Financial Wellness in the New Workplace
Financial wellness has taken on a new relevance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts share tips on how advisers can figure out how to offer access to best-in-breed programs to enrich overall benefits programs and participant outcomes.
Financial Wellness Programs Can Ease COVID-19 Tensions
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to lead to an increase in financial concerns, a Retirement Advisor Council guide suggests key financial well-being strategies.
EvoShare’s Cash Back Savings Program Added to iJoin Platform
Cash back on spending can be contributed to a 401(k), 529 plan or HSA.
BrightPlan Offers Financial Wellness Platform at No Cost During Pandemic
Everyone needs to review their budget and financial goals in light of economic uncertainty and the recent stock market correction, BrightPlan says.
Financial Finesse Expands Offering for Advisers
Financial Finesse enterprise (FFe) is focused on serving financial services firms seeking to evolve their impact by providing participants with access to financial coaching resources designed to accommodate all life stages.
BrightPlan Releases Personal Advice Platform
The tool also calculates its own financial wellness score for participants and employers.
Inspirational Financial Wellness

High-Tech Meets High-Touch
John Hancock Introduces Participant Online Learning Center
My Learning Center offers a financial wellness assessment, retirement calculators, webinar recordings, podcasts, videos, articles and other resources previously available in different areas of the participant website, all in one location.
Nearly One-Third of Employers Embracing Student Loan Debt Programs
Among those that are, they are more likely than others to have measured their employees’ financial wellness.
CUNA Mutual Offers Financial Fitness to Retirement Plan Participants
It is available for all plan participants through CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions’ BenefitsForYou website, and there is no cost to participants or plan sponsors.
Tools, Not Just Education, Improve Recordkeeper Financial Wellness Offerings
“More robust programs—which go beyond just education—tend to cost more for plan sponsors. But, they include features such as on-site support, account aggregation, budget tracking and goal setting,” says Claire Daly, Corporate Insight.
Best Practices for Financial Literacy Programs Among Local Governments
The Center for State & Local Government Excellence notes that with many local governments shifting benefits decisions to workers, those workers need help understanding finance basics.
ADP to Offer SmartDollar’s Financial Wellness Program
It will be available to all clients and joins a number of other financial wellness programs that ADP already makes available.