Payment Methods Available in Finalsite Enrollment Payments

Payment Methods Available

Parents have several convenient ways to make payments with Finalsite Enrollment Payments, depending on where the payment is being made.

Reminder: Payment processing capabilities differ by location.

Schools in the United States and Canada have access to all available options, whereas schools outside of the U.S. and Canada are currently limited to accepting credit card payments and may only collect payments in the application, deposit, and custom form fees.

For Contract Deposits, Application Fees, and Custom Form Fees:

When paying these fees, parents can choose from the following options:

• Saved Payment Methods: Use a credit card or electronic check (bank account) information they've previously saved in the system.
• New Payment Information: Enter new credit card or electronic check (bank account) details at the time of payment.
• Digital Wallets (Device Dependent): If their device is configured for it, parents may also see the option to pay using their Google Pay or Apple Pay accounts.
• Check: Pay by paper check.
• Custom: Pay by the custom method set up by your school (for example, Wire Transfer.)

Good to know

You can set up and manage some aspects of these methods within the Payment Setup page.

You have control over which options appear for parents on the application, contract, and custom forms. For more details, check out the following articles:

• Contract Deposit Fees
• Application Fees
• Fees associated with Custom Forms

For Payments within the Billing Module:

Payments made specifically through the Billing Module offer the following options:

• Credit Card or Electronic Check (Bank Account): Parents can use either a saved credit card or bank account to process a payment, or, they can enter details to connect a new credit card or bank account.
• Link (Powered by Stripe): Parents can securely save their payment information using Link for faster future payments. Once set up, Link can also autofill payment details on other websites that support it.
• Digital Wallets (Device Dependent): Similar to other payment areas, parents may also see Google Pay or Apple Pay as options, depending on their device setup.

Note: Paper checks and other custom payment methods are not accepted for recurring billing payments within the Billing Module.

Additional notes

Link

This feature, powered by Stripe, allows parents to securely store their payment details during a transaction. This streamlines future payments within Finalsite Enrollment and can also be used for autofilling payment information on other Link-enabled websites. For a visual guide to the Link payment process, please see: Payments: Link

Google Pay and Apple Pay

These digital wallet options can appear for parents anywhere that they can make a payment in Finalsite Enrollment, including applications, contracts, custom forms, and the billing module. Whether or not these appear as an option for parents depends on their device and whether or not they have enabled these accounts for payments. Google Pay is available on Chrome/Android, and Apple Pay on Safari/macOS.

A few more notes on Google and Apple pay

• Google and Apple payments are subject to the same convenience fees as credit cards.
• You may request for one or both or these payment options to be turned off. Please contact our team if you would like to request this. Turning it off means that it would not appear as a payment option for anyone.
• It's possible that a parent has the correct device settings to see one of these payment options but, if they haven't set up a digital payment account with google or apple they will not be able to process a payment. In other words, a parent might see the button but if they have not set up their account they'll just see a short error message in Finalsite asking them to choose another option.
• Google Pay Terms of Service and Apple Pay Terms of Service