{"id":26688,"date":"2026-10-15T11:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26688"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:41:59","slug":"changes-to-your-flexischools-account","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/changes-to-your-flexischools-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Your Flexischools Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have seen in emails sent by Flexischools directly to families, there have been changes to the Flexischools fee structure following the Reserve Bank of Australia&#8217;s (RBA) decision to prohibit card payment surcharges from 1 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that these changes have been independently implemented by Flexischools and are not determined or controlled by SCEGGS.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>What has changed from 1 October 2026?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>No card surcharges will apply when topping up your Flexischools wallet or making payments using a credit card, debit card, EFTPOS or PayPal.<\/li>\n<li>The minimum wallet top-up amount will increase to $10. Students may continue to make purchases of any value, and any unused wallet balance will remain available for future purchases. Parents may also request a refund of unused funds at any time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purchasing in person with a SCEGGS student card<\/strong>: Purchases made using a student card linked to a Flexischools account will attract a $0.18 transaction fee. According to Flexischools, this fee helps cover the processing costs associated with topping up student card balances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ordering online<\/strong>: The Flexischools online ordering fee will increase by $0.06 per order, bringing the total cost to 39c per transaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>What Does This Mean for Families?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The overall impact will vary depending on how frequently a family:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tops up their Flexischools wallet;<\/li>\n<li>Places online canteen or uniform shop orders; and<\/li>\n<li>Uses a student card for purchases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an example, if your daughter currently uses her SCEGGS student card and visits the cafeteria two or three times during a lunchtime, you could encourage to purchase all her lunch items in one transaction to minimise the impact of these transaction fees over time.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage families to review their Flexischools usage and refer to communications issued directly by Flexischools for further information regarding these changes.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your understanding and continued support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adrian Craig<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Business Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have seen in emails sent by Flexischools directly to families, there have been changes to the Flexischools fee structure following the Reserve Bank of Australia&#8217;s (RBA) decision to prohibit card payment surcharges from 1 October 2026. Please note that these changes have been independently implemented by Flexischools and are not determined or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[92],"class_list":["post-26688","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-business-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=26688"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=26688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}