{"id":47081,"date":"2026-09-04T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47081"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:01:28","slug":"important-update-on-payment-options","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/important-update-on-payment-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Update on Payment Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>To help families plan ahead, please note that <em>American Express<\/em> cards will <strong>no longer<\/strong> be accepted for school payments from<strong> Thursday 1 October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Families making payments via <strong>BPAY<\/strong> can continue to use a credit card through their banking provider, with no additional fees or costs by the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that credit card payments made through BPAY are processed by your financial institution and may not be eligible for frequent flyer or rewards points. We recommend checking with your bank or card provider if this is important to you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"ar@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Mary Perera<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nChief Financial Officer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help families plan ahead, please note that American Express cards will no longer be accepted for school payments from Thursday 1 October 2026. Families making payments via BPAY can continue to use a credit card through their banking provider, with no additional fees or costs by the bank. Please note that credit card payments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47081","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47081"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}