The short answer
The money never passes through EduPay. The student pays, and the amount lands in your school's account — the same account you connect once, at the start.
That changes three important things for you:
- Nobody holds your money. The settlement time is your account's, not that of a middleman company.
- You do not depend on us to get paid. If EduPay went offline tomorrow, the boletos already issued would stay payable and the money would keep landing in your account.
- The tax responsibility is yours. Your school received it, under its own tax ID. There is no third-party pass-through to declare.
What each side does
| Who | What they do |
|---|---|
| Your school | Owns the receiving account. Sets prices, terms and payment methods |
| EduPay | Requests the charge, keeps the link to the enrollment and settles it when payment is confirmed |
| The payment service | Issues the boleto, the PIX code or the card charge, collects from the student and credits your account |
EduPay is the one that organises — the one that receives is you.
Why the connection exists
To request a charge in your school's name, the system needs your authorisation.
That authorisation is the connection you make once, under
Integrations › Payment Gateway.
It is revocable at any time, and while it exists EduPay can do three things: issue a charge, cancel a charge it issued itself, and check whether a payment arrived. It cannot move your balance, transfer to another account or change your bank details.
Without the connection, what stops
Practically the whole billing operation:
- no boleto, PIX code or card link is generated, by hand or by the overnight routine;
- the 06:00 routine skips the whole school, silently;
- installments keep being created normally, and sit at Awaiting issuance in the student portal.
Records, contracts, enrollments and the portal all keep working. What stops is money coming in.
Recording payments by hand still works
If a student pays by transfer, in cash or on the front desk's card machine, someone at the school records the payment on the installment and it turns to Paid. That path depends on no connection at all — and it is what holds the operation together while something is being sorted out.
What to read next
- Connecting the account for the first time
- What the fees are and how long the money takes to land
- How the system finds out the student has paid
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