Tuition Payments news and trends

Mia Share Raises $6.5 Million to Facilitate Digital Tuition Payments
Investments // February 12, 2024

Mia Share has raised $6.5 million in a seed round to grow its platform that streamlines digital payment options for trade and technical schools. The firm will use the new capital to add product features, onboard new users and expand its customer service team, Mia Share...

Two-Thirds of College Students Want to Use Their App to Pay Tuition
Digital Payments // February 02, 2024

Pursuing an education is fundamental to skill development, intellectual advancement and personal growth, laying the groundwork for future success. However, soaring tuition costs have made attending many schools prohibitively expensive. This expense prompts many students and parents to defray these costs by obtaining loans, grants...

Nuvei and Esenda Team on Tuition Fee Collection Platform
Partnerships // October 16, 2023

Nuvei and Esenda have joined forces to unveil a digital tuition fee collection platform. The partnership, announced Monday (Oct. 16), combines Nuvei’s payments technology with Esenda’s fee management platform.  “Consumer expectations have changed when it comes to the convenience of making payments online in all areas of their lives, and...

PYMNTS Intelligence: Why Automation Is Mission-Critical for Campuses’ Future
Loans // September 05, 2023

Higher education has come a long way from its ivy-covered image of the past. Universities have had to become digitally nimble to keep up with both students’ changing habits and life-changing world events. The pandemic not only required a massive shift to remote learning but...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tech Shifts Student Loan Conversation From Loans to Installment Payments

August 31, 2023
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to block the federal student loan forgiveness plan, many of Generation Z’s recent college graduates will make their first student loan repayment in October. While millennials and Generation X still shoulder the brunt of the current $1.6 trillion student loan balance, younger Gen Zers will soon surpass […]

A Faster Payments Fix For School Invoice Woes

December 30, 2019
Despite the demonstrated benefits, the adoption of real-time payments has not been, well, particularly speedy. Many businesses cite the lack of ubiquity and high upfront costs for their halting shift...

Quick Reads
Transact Campus Debuts Portal for Bulk Tuition Payments

March 05, 2024
Education payments solution provider Transact Campus launched a B2B bulk tuition payments portal. Transact Sponsor Payments is designed to make it easier for third-party payors to make bulk payments toward student tuition and fees to finance offices at colleges and universities, according to a Tuesday (March 5) press release. “Historically, university payment systems for third-party sponsor payments have […]

Mia Share Raises $6.5 Million to Facilitate Digital Tuition Payments

February 12, 2024
Mia Share has raised $6.5 million in a seed round to grow its platform that streamlines digital payment options for trade and technical schools. The firm will use the new capital...

Nuvei and Esenda Team on Tuition Fee Collection Platform

October 16, 2023
Nuvei and Esenda have joined forces to unveil a digital tuition fee collection platform. The partnership, announced Monday (Oct. 16), combines Nuvei’s payments technology with Esenda’s fee management platform.  “Consumer expectations have changed when it...

Flywire and Tencent Financial Team on International Tuition Payments for Chinese Students

July 13, 2023
Flywire and Tencent Financial Technology have teamed up to provide a convenient way for Chinese students to make international tuition payments. This partnership will use the digital wallet Weixin Pay (WeChat Pay) to provide a...