Education Payments Solution for India
Overview
Cashfree provides a complete education payments solution for India, offering the fastest and easiest way to collect fees, disburse expenses and enable other digital payments for educational institutions and platforms.
Service Statistics
- Businesses Served: 6,00,000+ (600,000+)
- Annual Processing Volume: USD 80B+ (80 billion+ USD processed annually)
- Bank Accounts Served: 600M+ (600 million+)
- Recognition: India's 1st Fintech platform to enable disbursal of loans and insurance claim settlements
Target Audiences and Solutions
Cashfree offers specialized payment solutions for different types of educational organizations:
1. Schools / Colleges / Coaching Institutions
Collections Solutions
Collect course fees, tuition fees, examination fees, donations, service fees, platform subscription fees and more.
Payment Links
- Collect payments from students/parents in real time via Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and SMS
- No app or website needed
Payment Gateway
- Collect payment on your website/app with 180+ payment options
- Card saving feature included
Auto Collect
- Create unique virtual bank accounts and UPI IDs for each student
- Reconcile collections instantly
Easy Split
- Split incoming payments with your accounts of different departments
- Manage funds easily
Verification & Disbursals Solutions
Verify staff or service providers' account details during onboarding for a background check and enable seamless future disbursals for salaries, service fees and more.
Bank Account / UPI ID Verification
- Validate the bank account number, IFSC code and UPI ID provided by your staff
- Verification against actual bank records & UPI servers
PAN Verification
- Validate PAN number provided by your staff/service providers
- Verification against the latest PAN database
Aadhaar Verification
- Validate Aadhaar information provided by your staff/service providers
- Verification against the centralized Aadhaar Data Vault
Payouts
- Add multiple sources of funds with payouts
- Make disbursals to staff or service providers bank accounts, UPI IDs, wallets instantly
- Available 24x7 even on a bank holiday
2. Ed-Tech Platforms or Open Online Courses
Collections Solutions
Collect course fees or platform subscription fees, manage fees collected on a course level and more on your website or app.
Payment Gateway
- Collect payment on your website/app with 180+ payment options
- Card saving feature included
Auto Collect
- Create unique virtual bank accounts and UPI IDs for each of your courses
- Track payments on a course level
Subscriptions
- Automate recurring payment collections for course fees, platform fees, etc
- E-mandates for cards, net banking and UPI
Payment Forms
- Add Payment Forms on website or app
- Collect fee and automate payment reconciliation
Verification & Disbursals Solutions
Verify staff or service providers' account details during onboarding for a background check and enable seamless future disbursals for salaries, service fees and more.
Bank Account / UPI ID Verification
- Validate the bank account number, IFSC code and UPI ID provided by your educator or course owner
- Verification against actual bank records & UPI servers
PAN Verification
- Validate PAN number provided by your educator or course owner
- Verification against the latest PAN database
Aadhaar Verification
- Validate Aadhaar information provided by your educator or course owner
- Verification against the centralized Aadhaar Data Vault
Payouts
- Add multiple sources of funds with payouts
- Make disbursals to educators or course owners' bank accounts, UPI IDs, wallets instantly
- Available 24x7 even on a bank holiday
3. Educational ERPs
Cashfree offers a wide range of collection and disbursal payment solutions for educational ERPs to offer their users the best payment experience. Educational ERP providers can partner with Cashfree to integrate payment solutions.
Customer Testimonials
Testimonial 1
Quote: "Cashfree is really doing a good job. I'm glad we decided to work with Cashfree. It's really great, we integrated our product with Cashfree and the functionality is a lot better than any other PG services. think Cashfree is probably one of the strongest."
Use Case: Online & Offline Fees Collection
Testimonial 2
Quote: "Cashfree helped us with quick support and we were able to set up in no time. For educational providers like us, it is one of the best options when it comes to flexibility and cost reduction. I am happy to have come across such a service. Kudos to the team!"
Use Case: Online Fees Collection
About Cashfree Payments
Cashfree Payments enables 1 Million+ growing businesses in India and across the globe to collect payments, make payouts, manage international payments, and more.
Backing and Incubation
- Backed by: SBI, Y Combinator, Krafton, and Apis partners
- Incubated by: PayPal
Regulatory Authorizations
RBI Authorised Payment Aggregator License
- Certificate of Authorisation No. 266/2025
RBI Authorised Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) Provider
- Certificate of Authorisation No. 209/2024
Getting Started Benefits
- Easy onboarding
- Dedicated account manager
- API access
Complete Product Portfolio
Collect Payments
- Payment Gateway
- flowWise
- RiskShield Payment Gateway
- RiskShield Payouts
- Payment Links
- Buy Now Pay Later
- Payment Forms
- Easy Split
- BBPS-Biller
- softPOS
- UPI QR Code
- One Click Checkout
Recurring Payments
- Subscriptions
- UPI AutoPay
- eNACH
Make Payouts
- Payouts
- Cashgram
- Fund Sources
Escrow as a Service
International Payments
- Accept International Payments
- International Payment Gateway
- Global Collections
- Global Payouts
- Send International Payments
Verify Identity
- Secure ID
- Bank Account Verification
- IFSC Verification
- Reverse Penny Drop Verification
- Aadhaar Verification
- Aadhaar eSign
- Passport Verification API
- Driving License Verification API
- DigiLocker API
- GST verification
- KYC Link
- Face Match API
- Geolocation API
Other Products
- Instant Settlements
- Money Transfer
Platform Integrations
- Shopify
- Wix
- Woocommerce
- Paypal
- Wordpress
- Zoho
Partnership Opportunities
- Affiliate Program
- Embedded Payments
- Integrations & Offers
Resources and Tools
Free Tools
- GST Verification Tool
- GST Calculator Tool
- CAGR Calculator
- ROI Calculator
Educational Guides
- Recurring payment methods
- API Banking
- NACH mandate
- Payment Gateway Settlements
Additional Resources
- Blog
- Customer Stories
- Events
- Customer Reward Scheme
- Documentation
Support and Help
- Support center
- Customer Query Resolution
- Bank downtime detector
- Discord community for query resolution