Cross border payment solutions that drive growth for international education agents
Use one platform to manage the entire student recruitment process, from applications to student fee payments to commissions tracking. Earn commission when your students choose Convera to pay their tuition, and other fees.
Explore our education agent payment solution
Through our partnership with Ascent One, agents can help students send tuition and other payments to more than 900 education providers worldwide using a transparent, multilingual platform with secure, compliant cross border payment options.
Empowering student recruitment, all in one platform
Partner with a trusted and compliant payments provider
Convera’s powerful fraud detection and strict regulatory compliance means every transaction is processed securely. You can confidently recommend Convera to students and help ensure providers receive full payments without delay.
Provide local and cross border payment choices
Access the GlobalPay for Students’ price promise guarantee to compare prices and lock in an exchange rate for 72 hours. Pay via bank transfers, wires, credit and debit cards, e-wallets like Alipay, and alternative payment methods including Sofort and Trustly.
A seamless enrollment platform and experience
Sign up on our agent management partner Ascent One’s platform in minutes with no hidden fees or surprises, for a unified and transparent view of applications, payments, and commissions.
Flexible commission opportunities for education counsellors and agencies
As an Ascent One agent, you can boost earnings whenever your students pay through Convera. Get timely, transparent payouts and real-time tracking. Receive payments faster with automated invoicing and clear FX insights through one unified agent platform.
Offer a smart payment solution to students
With our embedded payment technology you can confidently guide students through their tuition and other payments in one place. Easily track progress, reduce delays, and get paid faster.
Grow your education agent business with the right tools
Ascent One offers structured counsellor training and hands‑on assistance with tuition fee payments, to a global network of more than 12,000 education agents across 180+ countries.
The smart way to manage education agent payments
Accelerate agent commissions and student payments
Our embedded payment solution drives more student fees through your authorized agent channel while simplifying the entire process. Give your team seamless fee collection, automated commission management, and transparent tracking.
Simplify commission payments to education agents worldwide
With competitive rates across 140+ currencies, real-time tracking, detailed reporting, and rigorous fraud and compliance checks, Convera cuts delays, bank fees, and hidden costs.
Combine your local expertise with global reach
Our partnership with Ascent One empowers 12,000 agents around the world to make student payments, in 140+ currencies across 200+ countries and territories.
“We had seamless experience working with Convera. Their platform is efficient, reliable, and ensures smooth international fee transfers with competitive rates and excellent support.”
Pankaj Agarwal, CEO and Co-Founder
KC Overseas Education Private Limited
Expand the agent recruitment channel with trust, efficiency, and transparency
Built for agencies like yours
Whether you’re an independent agent, a global agency, or an education provider, thousands of businesses rely on Convera’s payment technology and extensive banking network.
Recognized by the education industry and students worldwide
Backed by over 40 years of experience and servicing 900+ institutions, including eight of the top ranked universities, Convera delivers the scale, security, and compliance needed to support smooth international student payments.
Scaling payments across students, agents, and partners
Our embedded payment technology is trusted by leading education providers and partners such as IDP and AECC. Reduce the time from offer to admission and lower risk with a platform designed to help you manage more with less.
Payment FAQs for Education Agents
Qualified international student recruitment agents can partner with Convera via our agent management partner, Ascent One. If your education agency supports the international student journey to Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, and Europe, and you have direct agreements with education providers in those countries, or work with master agencies, get in touch to request an agent agreement.
Agent and customer support are provided by both Convera and our agent management partner Ascent One. Agents and students can track payments and refunds on Convera’s GlobalPay for Students platform, with access to multiple support channels, including live chat. Training and onboarding for the agent platform is provided by Ascent One.
Convera currently has more than 900 education provider clients around the world. Due to strict compliance and regulatory requirements, Convera can only send a tuition payment to an education provider who is a Convera client. If you send students to an education provider who is not currently a Convera client, please reach out to your provider and request that they speak with a Convera representative to find out how they can become a Convera client.
Convera holds 60+ regulatory licenses across key international markets to help ensure your students’ payments are protected and meet global standards. With deep specialization and over 40 years of proven experience, we deliver the speed, certainty, and service that you and your clients require from cross-border payments. Convera’s robust fraud detection systems help ensure every transaction is secure, delivering peace of mind for you and your students.
Depending on the payment method chosen, the time it takes for a student’s payment to reach their institution may vary:
Bank transfer: Payment will be delivered to the institution within four business days of the student completing their offline transfer.
Credit card: Payment will be delivered to the institution within three to four business days.
Online bank transfer: Payment will typically be delivered to the institution within three to four business days.
Note: The estimated payment processing timelines mentioned are approximate and may vary based on factors including but not limited to bank holidays, weekends, intermediary banks, time zone differences, banking procedures, currency conversion, and local regulations in the sender and recipient’s country. While Convera strives to process payments within the given time frame, delays may occur, and actual timelines can differ. Your payment may take longer to reach the institution if we need to review your payment or documentation or collect additional information. If anything is required from you, Convera will contact you directly.
Students can lock in rates for 72 hours, with no hidden fees, so they know how much they’re paying. If the 72-hour price lock expires before the student completes their payment, they can generate a new quote. The quote automatically expires after 72 hours when no action is taken and the student is not under an obligation to complete it.
Yes, international student recruitment agents can track the payment status and refunds in real time. With Convera and our agent management partner, Ascent One, you can keep your clients updated and reduce their queries with 24/7 support through live chat, email, and phone.
Yes, international education recruitment agents can earn commission when their clients choose Convera to pay tuition and other education related fees. To earn commission agents must enter into an agent management service agreement with Ascent One.
Yes, Convera makes it easy for your client’s payment to be returned. Reach out to the educational institution to request the refund. Then, once the institution initiates the process, Convera can help process the refund back to the designated account.
Convera offers a wide range of secure local and cross-border payment options. When completing a payment, your client can view all available payment options based on their educational institution and compare price and speed of settlement.
For students whose bank account is in India, Convera offers the following payment methods:
– Bank transfer via ICICI, INR bank transfer NEFT/RTGS, Paul Merchants, Ebix, or Thomas Cook
– Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card
For students paying from China, Convera offers these payment options:
– Bank transfer via Geoswift or ChinaPay
– UnionPay credit or debit card
– Alipay
– WeChat Pay
– Visa or Mastercard credit or debit card
Students paying from a Nigerian bank account, can use these payment methods:
– Bank transfer
– Visa credit or debit card
With Convera, there are no hidden fees or surprises for education agents and their clients. The university receives the full payment amount. Moreover, in the same spirit of total visibility, the Convera and Ascent One solution offers education consultants a unified and transparent view of earned commissions, as well as their clients’ applications and education payments.
Convera offers students the price promise guarantee. If your client finds that the total price offered by their bank to process a payment is cheaper than the price offered by Convera, we will honor the bank’s total price to get the best payment rate.
Yes, Convera works with major institutions in the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia, including 8 out of 10 top-ranked universities. In fact, globally, over 900 educational institutions trust Convera with their student tuition and international payments.
To get started with Convera and Ascent One, get in touch to request an education agent agreement today.