Fireside Chat with Flywire: Fighting Fraud in Tuition Payments

Secure payment processes are critical in every industry, and especially in education. The large sums, infrequent nature, and emotions involved with paying for higher education can make students and families more vulnerable to fraud. Many of these same factors make schools targets as well. English Australia and Flywire are meeting virtually to discuss best practices to fight fraud in Tuition Payments. In this fireside chat Frans Wiwanto, Managing Director, APAC at Flywire will be chatting to Angela CostaRita, Director, ANZ at Flywire about the current fraud landscape in higher education, what role compliance plays within that, and how Flywire helps assess and determine the risk of fraud to future-proof institutions payment process.

Webinar participants will come away with a better understanding of:

• What fraud looks like in the current education industry.
• Why education is such a big target for fraud.
• Security and compliance considerations that help you assess the capabilities of your payment services provider.

This webinar will prove useful for:

• Language school and higher education professionals
• Academic and professional staff working in Admissions
• Education agents and partners
• Professionals in finance roles

Our speakers

Frans Wiwanto, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Flywire

Frans Wiwanto is Flywire's Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region. In his current role, he manages a team of professionals in the region with responsibility for all matters across the business.

Frans has more than 20 years of experience covering payments, investment banking, corporate banking, private banking and global markets. He started his career with the Singapore Government where he was attached to the Inland Revenue Authority as a Senior Intelligence Officer and to the Monetary Authority as an Assistant Director in the Securities & Futures Supervision Department. Prior to joining Flywire initially as its Chief Compliance Officer for Asia Pacific, Frans served in a similar role at Moneygram, where he was involved in several digital payments projects and conducted training for agents and regulators in the region.

Angela CostaRita, Director, ANZ, Flywire

Angela, Director of Australia and New Zealand, joined Flywire in 2012 and was the first employee in APAC. She has over 22 years of work experience within the educational payment space.