Employers are responding to a surge in interest in financial wellness programs by implementing more of them, according to 2015 data from Four Seasons Financial Education, a St. Louis-based provider of financial wellness programs for plan sponsors.

In 2014, 72 percent of surveyed sponsors didn't include financial education and wellness programs as part of larger workplace wellness initiatives.

But this year that number dropped precipitously, to 39 percent. The greater integration of financial wellness into overall wellness programs comes as 74 percent of employees said financial wellness programs should be offered by employers.

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