ParentPay, the electronic payments platform for UK schools and parents, has today announced that they will be partnering with the innovative fintech charity initiative, iRoundUp. Devised by five school children from Skinner’s Academy, Hackney, the charity initiative rounds up payments made to schools using ParentPay’s online payment service, with the excess being donated to nominated charities. Following a successful testing phase last month, iRoundUp has today been rolled out across ParentPay’s entire UK platform and is now available to approximately 2 million parents. So far, over £12,000 has been raised for good causes. Read more: finextra.com
