ACI's UP Bill Payment Solution delivers deep integration into
Colleague by Ellucian, simplifying tuition payment processing
NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
ACI
Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic
payment and banking solutions, today announced that
Ohio-based Cedarville University has selected the company to power its
tuition payments across multiple channels.
With an enrollment approaching 4,000 undergraduate and graduate
students, Cedarville University wanted a proven electronic
payment system that provided the best integration into Colleague
by Ellucian®, the leader in higher education technology. The
University also wanted technology that required no additional
programming to integrate with its ERP system while improving the student
experience.
"When we needed a billing and payment solution capable of keeping up
with student demands, we turned to Ellucian Self-Service and ACI's UP
Bill Payment Solution, which provided an optimal payment experience,"
said Jon Shrubsole, director of Treasury and Regulatory Services,
Cedarville University. "After researching others providers, ACI not only
provided excellent integration with Colleague by Ellucian, but cost
savings that others could not meet due to this integration."
"We're pleased to build upon our twenty year partnership with ACI to
satisfy more than 200 colleges and universities," said Kari Branjord,
senior vice president, product management, Ellucian. "ACI and Ellucian
co-developed a real-time interface providing rich integration into our
Colleague by Ellucian software. This integration makes tuition payments
easy for students and staff."
"We're proud to have hundreds of higher education clients like
Cedarville University," said Mike Braatz, chief product officer, ACI
Worldwide. "With our bill payment solution, these schools have been able
to raise student satisfaction by 24 percent and reduce staff time spent
on payments by 19 percent on average."*
ACI is a market leader in providing campus
payment systems to colleges and universities with more than 300
higher education institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico
utilizing its payment processing solutions. For more than twenty years,
colleges and universities have relied on ACI's solutions to provide
students and parents with convenient and engaging methods to pay tuition
and fees—phone, web and in-person payment systems for 24/7/365
convenience and efficiency.
*According to a new survey of 78 higher education clients conducted by
TechValidate.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide, the Universal
Payments (UP) company, powers electronic payments for more than
5,100 organizations around the world. More than 1,000 of the largest
financial institutions and intermediaries as well as thousands of global
merchants rely on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in payments and
securities. In addition, myriad organizations utilize our electronic
bill presentment and payment services. Through our comprehensive suite
of software and SaaS-based solutions, we deliver real-time, any-to-any
payments capabilities and enable the industry's most complete
omni-channel payments experience. To learn more about ACI, please visit www.aciworldwide.com.
You can also find us on Twitter @ACI_Worldwide.
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