Online Payments

All payments are protected under the FCA

with Vesta Merchant Services

At CRB Cunninghams, security is our top priority. As part of our commitment to online security and compliance, we have opted to use Vesta Merchant Services to offer the highest level of protection with online payments made through iPayimpact. Ultimately, this means that iPayimpact users benefit from knowing that all payments made through the platform are covered under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This coverage provides the highest level of security for schools and a level of protection with online payments rarely offered by school online payment providers.

Read more about the benefits of using an FCA-regulated online payment provider to schools and parents.

Highest level of compliance

iPayimpact is a secure way to pay for school purchases. Regulated activities performed by Vesta Merchant Services are covered by a range of protections through the FCA and the Financial Ombudsman Service. Vesta Merchant Services is also ISO 27001 certified and PCI compliant.

Streamlined school admin processes

iPayimpact automates your payment processes, helping to free up valuable school administrator, finance personnel and bursar time. Whilst reducing admin time involved with manually collecting and processing payments, schools using iPayimpact can also eliminate issues surrounding cash. These issues include misplacement, security concerns of transferring money to the bank, and insurance costs of retaining large amounts of cash in schools. 

Based on time-saving efficiencies and the costs associated with manual payment processes, CRB Cunninghams can provide your school with a personalised ROI calculation. Simply request one for your school below.

Parental engagement

iPayimpact gives parents a single view over all their children's activities, including clubs, trips and meal accounts, rather than having separate logins or checkout payments for each child. Parents of multiple children also benefit from having one online payment account for all their children, irrespective of different schools or bank accounts.

Not only can parents pay for school purchases, but iPayimpact also offers schools significant savings on transaction costs, as with multiple schools, and apportions transaction costs across the items in the single basket of payments. 

Parental consent

Simply upload information about upcoming school trips and activities to iPayimpact. Through their login, parents and guardians can review or download information relating to school trips, clubs, activities and even sign parental consent forms, saving schools hours of administration time chasing paperwork. 

As well as school trips, this functionality can be used for all school information including, school prospectus, newsletters, lunch menus and more, saving schools substantial printing costs and administration hours.