Travelex Global Business Payments Acquires Pay 24-7 Online Payments Technology for Universities
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Posted on October 13, 2011 at 8:28:01 AM
Travelex Global Business Payments Acquires Pay 24-7 Online Payments Technology for Universities
Payment Specialist reduces costs and time associated with international student payments
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelex Global Business Payments, the international payments specialist, has announced the acquisition of Pay 24-7, online payments technology used by leading universities and higher education institutions in the UK, North America, Europe and Asia. The online payments technology is specifically designed to reduce the banking and the administrative cost associated with collecting fees from overseas students and enables a speedier payments process for both the student and university.
University bursar's offices have been struggling to administrate the numbers of international students flocking to study in the US. According to recent statistics, the number of international students in the United States has increased by 3% to 690,923 during the 2009/10 academic year.(1)
The acquisition of the specialist online payments technology strengthens Travelex Global Business Payments' position in a sector where it already provides custom payment solutions to more than 300 universities globally. Travelex estimates that the Pay 24-7 platform technology will save the average university around $80,000 a year in fee processing costs alone.(2)
Pay 24-7 simplifies the payment process for universities collecting payment from their overseas students. Universities can receive overseas students' payments within 24 hours through access to the Travelex's GEO network, which provides a cheaper, faster and more accurate payment network in over 70 countries and 135 currencies. Universities are able to offer their students a range of cost effective payment options including in transfers the student's home currency by bank transfer or bank card using Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) capability.
"Pay 24-7 specialist online payments technology enables Travelex Global Business Payments to offer universities a streamlined payments process that helps to ensure that its students' transition from their home countries to their chosen university is stress free," comments David Sear Divisional Managing Director of Travelex Global Business Payments. "It also simplifies the process for university departments, with a view to lowering administrative overheads and reducing the number of errors that manual processes often introduce."
Travelex Global Business Payments works with nearly half of the top 50 universities in North America, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.(3) Internationally, Travelex works with eight of the top 20 universities to process their payments and receivables, including the UK's Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London School of Economics, Australia's University of Sydney, Canada's York University and several others across the United States and France.
For more information, visit http://www.travelexbusiness.com/education.
For further information or interviews, please contact:
Lauren Walker, Travelex Global Business Payments
T: 202.216.8229
E: Lauren.Walker@Travelex.com
Emily Cleary, CJP Communications
T: 212.279.3115 ext. 257
E: ecleary@cjpcom.com
Beatrice Broderick, CJP Communications
T: 212.279.3115 ext. 214
E: bbroderick@cjpcom.com
About Travelex Global Business Payments
Travelex Global Business Payments is a global foreign exchange specialist providing the payment and receipt of domestic and international funds for businesses of all sizes. For more than 30 years, Travelex Global Business Payments has provided clients with sophisticated market knowledge, leading edge technologies and practical and innovative solutions tailored to individual requirements. Every year, Travelex Global Business Payments processes payments around the world over 35,000 businesses to 1 million beneficiaries. Visit http://www.travelexbusiness.com for more information.
(1) http://www.unite-group.co.uk/press-centre/press-releases/international-student-research.go
(2) * Cost savings based on manual back office cost reductions, investigation charges from traditional providers, fees & rates
(3) Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011
SOURCE Travelex Global Business Payments
Travelex Global Business Payments
Web Site: http://www.travelexbusiness.com
Payment Specialist reduces costs and time associated with international student payments
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelex Global Business Payments, the international payments specialist, has announced the acquisition of Pay 24-7, online payments technology used by leading universities and higher education institutions in the UK, North America, Europe and Asia. The online payments technology is specifically designed to reduce the banking and the administrative cost associated with collecting fees from overseas students and enables a speedier payments process for both the student and university.
University bursar's offices have been struggling to administrate the numbers of international students flocking to study in the US. According to recent statistics, the number of international students in the United States has increased by 3% to 690,923 during the 2009/10 academic year.(1)
The acquisition of the specialist online payments technology strengthens Travelex Global Business Payments' position in a sector where it already provides custom payment solutions to more than 300 universities globally. Travelex estimates that the Pay 24-7 platform technology will save the average university around $80,000 a year in fee processing costs alone.(2)
Pay 24-7 simplifies the payment process for universities collecting payment from their overseas students. Universities can receive overseas students' payments within 24 hours through access to the Travelex's GEO network, which provides a cheaper, faster and more accurate payment network in over 70 countries and 135 currencies. Universities are able to offer their students a range of cost effective payment options including in transfers the student's home currency by bank transfer or bank card using Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) capability.
"Pay 24-7 specialist online payments technology enables Travelex Global Business Payments to offer universities a streamlined payments process that helps to ensure that its students' transition from their home countries to their chosen university is stress free," comments David Sear Divisional Managing Director of Travelex Global Business Payments. "It also simplifies the process for university departments, with a view to lowering administrative overheads and reducing the number of errors that manual processes often introduce."
Travelex Global Business Payments works with nearly half of the top 50 universities in North America, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.(3) Internationally, Travelex works with eight of the top 20 universities to process their payments and receivables, including the UK's Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London School of Economics, Australia's University of Sydney, Canada's York University and several others across the United States and France.
For more information, visit http://www.travelexbusiness.com/education.
For further information or interviews, please contact:
Lauren Walker, Travelex Global Business Payments
T: 202.216.8229
E: Lauren.Walker@Travelex.com
Emily Cleary, CJP Communications
T: 212.279.3115 ext. 257
E: ecleary@cjpcom.com
Beatrice Broderick, CJP Communications
T: 212.279.3115 ext. 214
E: bbroderick@cjpcom.com
About Travelex Global Business Payments
Travelex Global Business Payments is a global foreign exchange specialist providing the payment and receipt of domestic and international funds for businesses of all sizes. For more than 30 years, Travelex Global Business Payments has provided clients with sophisticated market knowledge, leading edge technologies and practical and innovative solutions tailored to individual requirements. Every year, Travelex Global Business Payments processes payments around the world over 35,000 businesses to 1 million beneficiaries. Visit http://www.travelexbusiness.com for more information.
(1) http://www.unite-group.co.uk/press-centre/press-releases/international-student-research.go
(2) * Cost savings based on manual back office cost reductions, investigation charges from traditional providers, fees & rates
(3) Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011
SOURCE Travelex Global Business Payments
Travelex Global Business Payments
Web Site: http://www.travelexbusiness.com