Flywire Corporation (Flywire) (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments
enablement and software company, has announced a strategic
partnership with Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of
software for powering social impact. Flywire will become a
preferred payment method for international students who pay their
tuition and other related expenses to Blackbaud’s K-12 school
customers in the United States. Incorporating Flywire into
Blackbaud’s Tuition Management platform enables a seamless payment
experience for students and helps private and independent schools
streamline incoming payments, including tuition and enrollment
fees, from students worldwide.
To boost international student enrollment, K-12 boarding schools
and independent schools are enhancing their recruitment and
retention strategies, from adopting digital outreach tools, to
increasing support services for students, to diversifying their
recruitment efforts. Schools are also looking to enhance their
payment processes to reduce any barriers to enrollment. A seamless
payments experience that simplifies currency conversion and
cross-border transactions is particularly attractive to
international families paying high-cost K-12 schools. Furthermore,
schools that offer flexible payment plans and secure payment
methods can make themselves more accessible to a wider audience,
which may increase enrollment rates, particularly among
international and non-local students.
A leading software provider for the K-12 market, Blackbaud
recognizes the importance of streamlining the payment process for
international students and schools. Tuition payments can range from
$4,200 to greater than $29,000 annually for secondary schools in
the United States, and students and families would traditionally
need to rely on international wires and credit cards, which would
come with complexity, lack of visibility into payments made, and
high fees. With Flywire integrated into the Blackbaud Tuition
Management platform, schools can provide real-time, secure and
online payment processing functionality for families, while
maintaining the existing reliable reconciliation process schools
use with Blackbaud today.
Schools that use Blackbaud will also benefit from Flywire’s
out-of-the-box integration and around-the-clock multilingual
support. This turnkey integration ensures tightly linked payment
processing within the Blackbaud system. Both front-end and back-end
users will benefit from easily accessing up-to-date balance and
payment status in real time.
“As a trusted partner to K-12 independent schools, we are always
listening to our clients and finding ways to innovate to make their
schools run more effectively and efficiently,” said Mark Davis,
vice president, education products, Blackbaud. “Our Flywire
integration will help simplify international payments from
international families, which should improve international student
enrollment for our customers.”
“As Flywire continues to serve the K-12 education market, we’re
thrilled to partner with Blackbaud who brings meaningful
relationships and a large footprint in the K-12 education sector in
the U.S,” said Sharon Butler, EVP and GM of Global Education,
Flywire. “Through our powerful, seamless integration, we are able
to deliver exceptional payment experiences for students and schools
alike - and we’re committed to building on this foundation as the
partnership continues.”
About Flywire
Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company. We
combine our proprietary global payments network, next-gen payments
platform and vertical-specific software to deliver the most
important and complex payments for our clients and their
customers.
Flywire leverages its vertical-specific software and payments
technology to deeply embed within the existing A/R workflows for
its clients across the education, healthcare and travel vertical
markets, as well as in key B2B industries. Flywire also integrates
with leading ERP systems, such as NetSuite, so organizations can
optimize the payment experience for their customers while
eliminating operational challenges.
Flywire supports more than 4,000* clients with diverse payment
methods in more than 140 currencies across 240 countries and
territories around the world. Flywire is headquartered in Boston,
MA, USA with global offices. For more information,
visit www.flywire.com. Follow Flywire on X (formerly
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*Excludes clients from Flywire’s Invoiced acquisition
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