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esenda Partners with Selina Finance

May 11, 2026

At esenda, we believe school payments should work better for everyone involved; finance teams, bursars, and parents alike.

That’s why we’re excited to announce our partnership with Selina Finance, an FCA-regulated lender helping us deliver flexible finance options directly within the esenda platform.

This partnership allows schools to make structured finance options available to parents to help manage school fee payments.

A Better Experience for Schools and Parents

For many families, school fees are one of the largest regular financial commitments they make. Increasingly, parents expect flexibility in how and when they pay, without complicated external processes or disconnected finance journeys.

Through this partnership, schools using esenda can now offer embedded flexible finance options as part of a wider, modern payment experience.

That means:

  • Parents can request to apply for flexible finance options within the payment journey  
  • Schools benefit from improved cashflow visibility and upfront payments  
  • Finance teams reduce chasing, arrears, and administrative burden  

Most importantly, the experience stays simple, seamless, and fully integrated.

Flexible Finance Options as Part of a Broader Platform

This partnership is about more than lending.

Flexible finance options now become part of esenda’s wider school payments infrastructure, giving schools multiple layers of payment management in one place.

Core Layer

Monthly Direct Debit (~70% of payers)
Predictable recurring income for schools and a familiar payment method for parents.

Flexible Layer

Card & International Payments (~25% of payers)
Modern payment options for local and international families, all managed centrally.

Support Layer

Flexible Finance Options provided by Selina Finance (~5% of payers)
Where appropriate, parents can access structured finance options while schools receive funds upfront.

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By bringing these layers together, schools gain a single platform to manage the full payment journey, rather than relying on disconnected systems and providers.

Flexible Finance Options provided by Selina Finance

Where appropriate, parents can access structured finance options while schools receive funds upfront.

By bringing these layers together, schools gain a single platform to manage the full payment journey, rather than relying on disconnected systems and providers.

Why This Matters

Traditional school finance arrangements often create friction:

  • Separate applications  
  • Disjointed parent experiences  
  • Limited visibility for finance teams  
  • Additional admin and reconciliation work  

Our approach is different.

esenda embeds access to flexible finance options directly into the school payment experience, alongside the payment methods schools already use every day.

The result is a smoother experience for parents and a more scalable payment infrastructure for schools.

Stephen Bilboe, CEO of esenda, said:

We’re excited to partner with Selina Finance to help schools offer parents greater flexibility in how school fees are managed. By embedding structured finance options directly into the esenda platform, schools can support a wider range of families with more manageable payment options, while still maintaining visibility, control, and predictable cashflow.

This partnership is another step towards creating a more modern, connected, and parent-friendly payment experience for schools.

Built for Modern School Finance Teams

This partnership reflects a broader shift happening across education finance: schools are looking for payment systems that are not only secure and reliable, but also adaptable to the expectations of modern families.

Together, esenda and Selina Finance are helping schools:

  • Improve cashflow certainty  
  • Increase payment flexibility  
  • Reduce operational burden  
  • Deliver a better parent experience  

All within a single payments ecosystem.

Looking Ahead

This is another important step in esenda’s mission to connect and modernise school payments.

We’re excited to work alongside Selina Finance to help schools offer greater flexibility, while maintaining the control, visibility, and simplicity finance teams need.

To learn more about this partnership, email [email protected].

Esenda Limited (FRN 1052837) is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Selina Finance Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 820183). Selina Finance is a company registered in England and Wales (11497606). Selina Finance’s registered address is HYLO, 103-105 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8LZ. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on a mortgage or any other debt secured on it.

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