Worldpay from FIS vs. Flywire

World pay from FIS is well suited to help our clients with storing credit cards on file in the software, memberships, offers a variety of payment options, etc. Typically it can be less suited for smaller businesses who are getting better rates from their local banks in town, compared to what World Pay can offer them.

Incentivized

Many of our international students studying at our institution are financially supported by their parents in their homeland. In other words, they rely on their families for payment of their class fees. So, Flywire makes international payments convenient by making payment by visiting our college website and finding the Flywire payment option. Some prefer this method over credit card payments or by wiring money to the student's bank account in the U.S., which creates a whole additional step in making payments.

Incentivized

• Vantiv's credit card processing terminal is very straightforward, easy to use, and fast.
• Vantiv's credit card dispute portal provides beneficial information regarding disputes and chargebacks. Even the customer number associated with the charge is provided, which cuts down on time needed to research conflicts.
• The Vantiv homepage/dashboard is structured in a very easy to navigate fashion.

Incentivized

• It accepts a wire transfer from virtually all nations outside the U.S.
• The customer service support is helpful.
• Once payment information in our system is updated, it allows for payment for classes from overseas to run smoothly.

Incentivized

• The account teams that are assigned are not technical.
• It can be very hard to get answers if you talk to the wrong person.
• There is long lead times in account set up.

Incentivized

• Delay time could be shortened between the actual time of payment and the confirmation of payment.
• It could allow for the payer to pay more than the outstanding balance without rejecting additional amounts of money.
• Refund information by way of Flywire is a little vague.

Incentivized

As long as Vantiv continues to improve and we can get better responses from customer service, we will likely continue to use Vantiv. However, if customer service declines, we will likely look for something else

Incentivized

Easy! Easy! Easy!

Incentivized

Many customer support employees of Vantiv do not seem to know much about the Vantiv website. I have been transferred around to as many as four different people to get an answer to what I thought was a simple question. I am not sure if it would be possible to receive adequate support for a more complex issue.

Incentivized

We looked at using Authorize.Net and we went with Worldpay because it was most similar to our US backend. If we started from scratch, we would have harmonized and done both US and international on the same gateway as it would have simplified our overall landscape from implementation.

Incentivized

Flywire is relatively simple to use with much quicker response time when it comes to customer support.

Incentivized

• Duplicate charges have caused untold damage to our reputation
• I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to fix WP problems with AND without tech support help
• We switched POS systems from CenterEdge to Roller, but issues persist
• The problems we experience have been so vast that we will never know the true cost of the negative impact WorldPay has had on our business.

• Cannot think of any negative impact
• A good number of students are using Flywire to pay for their classes, so it is growing in popularity
• It reduces the amount of foot traffic at the cashier / payment office when it comes to issues involving payment of classes.

Incentivized