Education

Today In Payments: Visa Study Finds Most Want Contactless Payments On Public Transit; Robinhood Begins Trading
Today In Payments: Visa Study Finds Most Want Contactless Payments On Public Transit; Robinhood Begins...
July 29, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Visa’s new study found that commuters want contactless payments on public transit, and Robinhood opened trading with an estimated $31.8 billion...

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How The Digital Shift Is Coming To College Financial Offices
How The Digital Shift Is Coming To College Financial Offices
July 29, 2021  |  Accounts Receivable

The Smart Receivables Playbook: Rethinking Tuition Payments In A Time Of Transformation, a PYMNTS and Flywire collaboration, offers an on-the-ground perspective on how higher education...

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Walmart Puts Up $1B+ Toward Employee Education
Walmart Puts Up $1B+ Toward Employee Education
July 27, 2021  |  Retail

Retail behemoth Walmart is earmarking more than $1 billion across the next five years to help its employees in the U.S. further their education in...

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Kofax, Coforce Collaborate On Digitizing Workflows In Education
Kofax, Coforce Collaborate On Digitizing Workflows In Education
July 20, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Business automation software provider Kofax has joined forces with Coforce to help digitize the Dutch education sector, the companies announced in a Tuesday (July 20)...

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UpGrad Sets Aside $250M For Global Online Education Acquisitions
UpGrad Sets Aside $250M For Global Online Education Acquisitions
July 07, 2021  |  International

India-based online education provider UpGrad is counting on the continued appetite of people around the world to learn from their couches with $250 million set...

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Indian Online Education Company Byju Grabs $1 Billion In Funding
Indian Online Education Company Byju Grabs $1 Billion In Funding
April 11, 2021  |  Investments

Byju’s, the Indian online education startup, is raising around $1 billion from investors, Bloomberg reports, in an infusion valuing the company at around $15 billion....

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Coursera Goes Public With IPO Shares Priced At $33
Coursera Goes Public With IPO Shares Priced At $33
March 31, 2021  |  IPO

Online education provider Coursera was scheduled to go public on Wednesday (March 31) on the New York Stock Exchange. The company saw its revenues skyrocket...

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Zoom Out: Commerce Adjusts To School Reopenings
Zoom Out: Commerce Adjusts To School Reopenings
February 26, 2021  |  Economy

For millions of American students, it’s coming up on the first anniversary of their last visit to a classroom. Some students have gone back to...

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Brightwheel Early Education Platform Raises $55 Million On $600 Million Valuation
Brightwheel Early Education Platform Raises $55 Million On $600 Million Valuation
February 03, 2021  |  Investments

Early education software solution startup Brightwheel has raised $55 million in a Series C funding round that puts the company’s valuation at $600 million. The...

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