San Diego-based financial education company iGrad/Enrich has been named as one of three honorees in the inaugural Barron's Celebrates: Financial Empowerment for its contributions to improving the financial health and security of Americans.

Employee benefits is an umbrella term used when discussing non-wage compensation programs provided by employers to their employees. The purpose of such benefits is to attract and retain top talent, and based on recent statistics, benefits do matter.

Commonwealth Credit Union has partnered with iGrad to offer the award-winning Enrich and iGrad financial wellness education platforms available to its members and all students at University of Louisville, Metropolitan College and Kentucky high schools.

Financial wellness has become a company benefit buzzword. Employees expect financial wellness as part of their benefits package, and employers realize that having such benefits will help their bottom line.

iGrad’s Your Money Personality™ was recently recognized by the Institute for Financial Literacy with the 2020 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Adults’ Education Program of the Year award.

The Southeastern Credit Union Foundation (SECUF) has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad by offering the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform to more than 24,000 employees at more than 300 credit unions.

California Coast Credit Union has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to make the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform available to its nearly 200,000 members.

Medcom Benefit Solutions has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to offer its employers and plan participants the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform.

Credit Union 1 has partnered with San Diego-based financial education company iGrad to offer the award-winning Enrich™ financial wellness platform to its 90,000 members and employer partners.

In January, the state of the world economy looked stable and somewhat promising with a 3.3 percent predicted growth rate for 2020. As we all know, the world has changed substantially since then.