Tag: 401k credit card
For 20 years, I have liked the idea of attaching a credit card to 401(k) accounts so that account holders would have an easy source for emergency saving. My colleagues mocked me mercilessly. Now that they have moved the need for emergency saving to the top of the retirement policy agenda, some – not a…
Maybe it‘s time to rethink adding a credit card to 401(k) accounts! Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2021, which would allow 401(k) participants one penalty-free distribution of up to $1,000 each year to deal with financial emergencies. The rationale is that low-paid workers…
