For bursars

Less chasing. More control.

You know the job: fees out, money in, every parent who asks “how much do I owe?” answered without digging. NuPay does the matching, the receipts and the balances, so your day is spent on the few things that need a person, not the hundreds that don’t.

  • Payments matched to students and invoices for you
  • Any parent’s balance, in one search
  • Who owes what and how late, without a spreadsheet
The questions you get every day

Answered in one search, not a drawer of receipts

They ask…You open…
“How much do I still owe?”The student’s statement. Invoiced, paid, credit on account and balance due, with every payment dated. Print it if they want it on paper.
“I paid last week. Why does it still say outstanding?”The same statement. If the payment landed in the bank feed with a clear reference, it is already matched. If it came in with no name, it is waiting for you in the feed, and you can allocate it on the spot.
“Can I pay half now and the rest next month?”Yes. Record a part payment against the invoice. It shows as Partial with the balance still due, and the parent can pay the rest online.
“I overpaid. Where did the extra go?”To their student credit, never into fee income. You apply it to the next invoice, oldest credit first, or across a whole term’s fees in one go.
“Which parents haven’t paid yet?”A/R ageing. Who owes what, how late, by class and term, with the ones to chase first at the top.
“Can I have a receipt?”Every payment has one, whichever way it came in: desk, bank feed, online or credit.
A bursar’s day

What the morning looks like when the matching is done for you

  1. 08:00

    Open the bank feed

    Overnight deposits are already matched to students. Five new, four handled, one cash deposit with no name waiting for you.

  2. 08:10

    Allocate the one

    Type the parent’s name, pick the invoice, post. NuPay Intelligence had already suggested the right student from the amount.

  3. 09:30

    The window opens

    A parent asks what they owe. You search the name, read the balance off the statement, take a part payment, hand over the receipt.

  4. 11:00

    Chase the right people

    A/R ageing shows who is 30 days late on Term 3. You know exactly who to call, and you are not calling anyone who has already paid.

  5. 14:00

    Publish the sports levy

    Create one invoice, filter to Form 1 and 2, select all, publish. Two hundred invoices posted before the bell.

No more detective work

“Who is MRS M 0772?” is not your problem any more

Every term you play detective with EcoCash references, bank deposits and cash slips. NuPay reads them for you.

  • Deposits arrive in the bank feed and are matched to the student and invoice they pay for, from the reference, the name, the class and the amount.
  • One transaction can settle several invoices, or be split across siblings.
  • Anything NuPay isn’t sure about is queued with a suggestion. You confirm it, you never guess it.
  • Online payments by EcoCash, card or bank transfer come through NuPay’s API link to the payment gateway, already tied to the invoice that was paid. Nothing to key in.
What changes

The parts of the job that go away

Before

  • Typing the bank statement into a spreadsheet
  • Guessing which child “MRS M” belongs to
  • Updating every student’s balance by hand
  • Writing receipts in a book and filing the carbon copy
  • Compiling who owes what for the head, every Friday
  • Being the only person who understands the spreadsheet

With NuPay

  • The bank feed brings transactions in on its own
  • Payments are matched to students for you
  • Balances update the moment a payment is allocated
  • Receipts are issued for every payment, automatically
  • A/R ageing and collection rates are live, whenever anyone asks
  • The head, the accountant and your cover can all see the same screen
Your working tools

The screens you’ll use most

You’re not the only one who can see it

The books don’t live in your head any more

When the whole finance office works from one live ledger, going on leave stops being a crisis.

FAQs

Do I need to be an accountant to use NuPay?

No. You send invoices, record payments and allocate the bank feed in plain language. NuPay posts the accounting behind each one. Your accountant gets proper books; you don’t have to know what a credit is.

How does NuPay know which student a payment is for?

Two ways. Online payments by EcoCash, card or bank transfer come through NuPay’s API link to the payment gateway, so the gateway tells NuPay which invoice was paid the moment the payment succeeds. Bank deposits come through the bank feed, where NuPay reads the reference, the payer’s name, the class and the amount and compares them with the open invoices. Most payments are matched on their own. Anything it isn’t sure about is queued with a suggestion for you to confirm.

What if a parent pays with no reference at all?

It waits for you in the bank feed. Search the parent’s name, pick the invoice and post. One transaction can also be split across several students or invoices.

Can I take a part payment at the desk?

Yes. Record the amount against the invoice and it shows as Partial with the balance still due. The parent can pay the rest at the desk or online.

What happens if someone overpays?

The extra becomes a student credit. It is never counted as fee income, and you apply it to a later invoice, oldest credit first.

Can I print a statement for a parent?

Yes. The student statement shows everything invoiced, paid, credited and still due, as a dated list, and can be printed.

How do I know who to chase?

A/R ageing shows who owes what and how late, in 1–30, 31–60, 61–90 and 90+ day buckets, filtered by class, term and department. Drafts and voided invoices are left out, so you are only chasing real money.

What if I go on leave?

Another user with the bursar role sees exactly what you see. The feed, the statements and the ageing are in NuPay, not on your computer.

Get your weeks back

Bring last term’s bank statement. We’ll show you how much of it NuPay would have matched on its own.