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Lamine Zarrad is the founder and CEO of StellarFi, a credit builder that reports unlimited bill payments to the three major credit bureaus. Since 2008, Lamine has worked in various financial services roles, launching his career with Merrill Lynch and later transitioning to the public sector as a National Banker Examiner at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Prior to Stellar, Lamine founded FinTechs Tokken and Joust. The latter was acquired by ZenBusiness where Lamine led the product organization through two fund raises, minting the company as one of the few Austin Unicorns. At StellarFi, Lamine and his team are on a mission to disrupt the U.S. poverty cycle and provide credit access to 132 million Americans with low or no credit. Lamine has been awarded a Bachelors in Business Administration in International Business and Russian Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Masters of Public Affairs degree with a focus on Policy Analysis/Public Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Lamine was born in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan and came to the United States as a refugee prior to serving in the Marine Corps. Lamine speaks four languages and resides in Austin, Texas with his family.

The professional services firm is teaching employees’ children about the importance of building a solid financial foundation at a young age.

Human Resources departments are trying to figure out the best way to provide abortion benefits and hedge legal liability and privacy violations.

David Braun is founder and CEO of Capstone Strategic, an M&A strategic consulting firm that has successfully facilitated over $1 billion of client transactions in over 30 countries across more than 100 industries. He is the author of Successful Acquisitions: A Proven Plan for Strategic Growth. He is reachable at dbraun@capstonestrategic.com and on Twitter @CapstoneStrat.

Olivia Kelman is a partner at K&L Gates

Salary-linked benefits can offer employees access to emergency savings accounts or affordable credit that enables them to pay off existing high-cost debt to save more money for unexpected expenses.

Flexjobs, a search site for flexible and remote work, ranked all 50 states and Washington D.C. based on the ratio of available remote jobs to active job seekers.

More than half of Americans end up working when they’re on vacation. Here’s how to build better habits.

Although headspace helps users to relieve anxiety, many employees said the company caused their anxiety

A new study says millennials should only expect 80% of their projected benefits, but there are ways to make up for the shortfall.