Safeguarding Student Dreams: Protecting Visas, Payments & Reputations in 2026

Every year, thousands of international students lose money and sometimes their visa to unauthorised foreign exchange platforms, "discount" tuition traps, and third-party routing scams. 

This webinar brings together the people on the front line, an agent leader, a senior institutional representative, a partner bank expert, and Flywire's payments team, to discuss what Visa-Safe Payment Systems look like in 2026, and how our industry can collectively protect students from "broken dreams."

What you'll learn

• How unauthorised and "discounted" FX providers actually operate and why they trigger visa red flags
• Real examples of scams currently targeting students and their families
• How reputable universities and finance teams are aligning with agent partners to protect students
• Why banks treat cross-border tuition payments as a top fraud-risk category and what agents should watch for
• The "Clean Record Standard": practical due-diligence steps agents can adopt this month

Featured speakers

• Moderator: Simon Tracy, Director, Flywire
• Ravi Kumar Verma, General Manager, SBI
• Prakash Venkataramani, Senior Director, Flywire (Payments)
• Sanjib Barman , Associate Director, IDP Education
• Jeffrey Chen, Student Fees and Visa Compliance, Curtin University