School savings from eCheck transactions

When you login to PushCoin you now see savings accrued by the school district and the district families. These savings would normally be billed for, a standard industry practice for ACH transactions. PushCoin disrupted the payments space by offering zero cost eCheck transactions to schools and parents. If you have any questions please contact our […]

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New Dashboard panel

As our system grows, so is the number of tasks an administrator has to manage. To help identify pending tasks that require immediate attention, the Dashboard now shows the status right after login.

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A new tool to manage balance refunds

Starting May 1st, 2023 Wallet and Fees balance refund requests will show up on a new page in PushCoin, under Billing > Refund requests. The goal is to provide school administrators with a unified method of handling all refund requests and centrally tracking their status. This is specially useful when many administrators work on refunds […]

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An alternative billing: “per active user”

In the past, PushCoin only offered a single, per active student billing. Some districts expanded their use of PushCoin to manage staff accounts for retirement fund payments or other non-student related payments. To allow these schools fully utilize PushCoin in other areas, we now offer a per active user fee in lieu of the per […]

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Ability to customize “Welcome letter” to parents

In the past, PushCoin emailed a generic letter to all families of students who do not have a sponsor linked. With this change, it’s possible to customize the letter to your school’s needs. To request a change please contact PushCoin Support. For reference, below is the letter that is used by default:

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Billing address change

Effective immediately (March 20th, 2023) all checks from schools should be mailed to: PushCoinP.O. Box 640South Elgin, IL 60177 *) Schools that make payments electronically are not affected.

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Google Sheet can assign school fees

It is possible to use Google Sheets to assign various student fees. Any time a spreadsheet is updated by a designated school administrator, PushCoin will automatically bill the students or issue refunds, if rows in the spreadsheet are deleted. While the Student Information System remains your primary source for driving mandatory school fees such as […]

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Repayments page shows the author

Back in Dec of 2022, we announced that families would be able to enroll in automatic payment plans. The new feature was welcomed among the school districts and parents alike. Since that date, hundreds of plans have been created by the parents without any assistance from the school staff. This directly translates to many hours […]

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Adding PushCoin Payments to vending machines

Here we describe steps for adding PushCoin Payments to school vending machines. PushCoin Payments are added to vending machines to address shortages of cafeteria staff, speed up lunch lines, increase revenues, and extend the hours of serving food. Although vending machines typically serve snacks and beverages, there are units capable of dispensing hot meals such […]

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