06Sep
06Sep
Credit union adopts digital piggy bank benefit for student loan repayment
A latte costs $4.50 — round it up to $5 even and that extra 50 cents can help employees pay off their student debt years sooner. UMassFive College Federal Credit Union is experimenting with such a benefit. The credit union's new student loan repayment benefit uses change from employees’ personal purchases to pay down the interest of student loans. Read more >>
06Sep
BrandVerge Appoints Former NBCUniversal Executive Scott Schiller to Advisory Board; Unveils Latest Product Features
BrandVerge, a premium advertising marketplace for media buyers and sellers, today announced the appointment of Scott Schiller, Digital Media Executive, formerly of NBCUniversal, to its all-star Advisory Board. The company is celebrating a successful first year in business, experiencing 30 percent month-over-month growth, adding 257 active accounts to its platform. Read more >>
05Sep
Carbonite Names Executive Team
Newly appointed COO, CPO, CTO and Interim GC to accelerate Carbonite’s integration of Webroot. Results-driven leadership team to deliver on vision of a combined data protection and cybersecurity solution for SMB and mid-market. Read more >>
05Sep
Rapid Lyme disease test may be available in late 2020
The drawn-out process for diagnosing Lyme disease could become a thing of the past – good news for the thousands of people each year who get the tick-borne illness. A new detection test created by Ionica Sciences – located at Cornell’s McGovern Center life sciences incubator – has been sparked by a FuzeHub grant to begin moving from the laboratory bench into approvals, production and doctors’ offices. Read more >>
04Sep
$417K in grants awarded to New York colleges, manufacturers
A non-profit organization has awarded more than $400,000 worth of grants to manufacturers and colleges across New York state, including Ionica Sciences Read more >>
27Aug
Entelo Acquires ConveyIQ
Today, Entelo announces the acquisition of ConveyIQ, the leading provider of candidate engagement Software-as-a-Service solutions. Read more >>
23Aug
First Data adds new student loan reward benefit
First Data is offering a new benefit to 10,000 eligible employees to better enable them to pay down student loans. The financial services company is now allowing workers to earn performance rewards points to pay down their debt. The new program is offered in partnership with student loan benefit provider FutureFuel.io.Read more >>
23Aug
UMassFive Adds Student-loan Repayment Benefits as Employee Perk
UMassFive College Federal Credit Union announced it is bringing student-loan repayment benefits to its employees via a new partnership between Student Choice and FutureFuel.io. Read more >>
22Aug