Likelihood to Recommend Many of our international students studying at our institution are financially supported by their parents in their homeland. In other words, they rely on their families for payment of their class fees. So, Flywire makes international payments convenient by making payment by visiting our college website and finding the Flywire payment option. Some prefer this method over credit card payments or by wiring money to the student's bank account in the U.S., which creates a whole additional step in making payments.
Read full review For medium, to large companies, I have recommended Payline Data.
Read full review Pros It accepts a wire transfer from virtually all nations outside the U.S. The customer service support is helpful. Once payment information in our system is updated, it allows for payment for classes from overseas to run smoothly. Read full review Payline Data has a great gateway and interface. Most credit card processors use a third party gateway to process payments. I liked that Payline had their own and therefore I didn't have to pay another company additional money. So this saves me money. To be honest it is a good tactical marketing advantage for them as well. If I need to log in and see transactions I log in to their site. The company that I used to work before used the third party, so I can't even remember their name as I rarely visited their site. At first, their gateway interface was very blah. It did the trick, but it was so plain and frankly, it was ugly. They redesigned it several months ago and it looks a lot better now. Very easy to use as well. Their API was very easy to set up. I did have a few questions about it and I was able to get very quick help. They quickly set up my account. This was very important to me. I had tried to contact several credit card processors and had to wait for several of them to return my call. I immediately got a hold of Payline and they had the account set up quickly. Read full review Cons Delay time could be shortened between the actual time of payment and the confirmation of payment. It could allow for the payer to pay more than the outstanding balance without rejecting additional amounts of money. Refund information by way of Flywire is a little vague. Read full review I only have one complaint and it is a very simple one and probably easy to fix. But I receive a daily email from them that has my automatic subscription charges that were done early that morning. It shows a summary of the charges and the declines. The declines show a detailed description of what transaction was declined. But the successful charges are not listed. I wish it would list the successful charges as well. The only other thing I wish is, I wish they were free :). But of course, they need to make money. With that being said, I think they are cheaper than some of the ones I have used before. Especially since I use their gateway and don't pay additional gateway fees. Read full review Alternatives Considered Flywire is relatively simple to use with much quicker response time when it comes to customer support.
Read full review Honestly, I don't remember the names of the other credit card processors I have used prior to Paypal and Payline Data. I have used other merchant account services that integrate with the Authorize.net gateway. But Paypal was by far the worst. It was overpriced and integration was a mess as they themselves on their own site had outdated information. I wasn't just using Paypal's regular business account but I also had their merchant account services. Which meant I could process credit cards without people even knowing I was using Paypal. Their merchant card services were very sloppy and the API was a mess to set up. But the worst part of Paypal was their professionalism. On the other hand, Payline Data was easy to set up, cheaper to use and great personal and professional customer service. I felt very well taken care of.
Read full review Return on Investment Cannot think of any negative impact A good number of students are using Flywire to pay for their classes, so it is growing in popularity It reduces the amount of foot traffic at the cashier / payment office when it comes to issues involving payment of classes. Read full review They have been easy to get a hold of if I have a question They seem less expensive than some of the other processors I have used. Read full review ScreenShots