Kindo is New Zealand's leading cashless school payment system, designed to simplify school finances, increase funding, and save administrative time. It offers an all-in-one platform for managing student payments, online shopping, and fundraising.
Kindo helps increase funding in several ways:- By making donations more visible and easier to pay, schools have reported increases of over 60% in donation rates.- It offers efficient fundraising options that require less volunteer time.- Integration with Supergenerous allows for easy donation tax rebate gifting, multiplying the impact of donations.
Kindo integrates with all major NZ Student Management Systems including Edge, eTAP, Kamar, Hero & FACTS.
Kindo provides clear, customisable financial reports. You can easily extract payment information, review outstanding payment requests, generate board reports, and download data to spreadsheets. It also offers Xero integration for automated ledger coding.
Kindo supports both individual and bulk refunds of payments. Refunds are returned to the caregivers' myKindo account balance, and Kindo can handle the process if caregivers need the money returned to their bank account.
Yes, Kindo is a registered Financial Services Provider. Their servers are securely hosted, and their payments provider is fully PCI-DSS compliant.
Kindo automates many processes, including:- Reconciling student payments - Generating receipts - Consolidating individual payments into a single daily or weekly bank deposit- Providing coded ledger reports- Xero draft invoice creation- Integrating forms with payments for simplified registrations- Fast, powerful onscreen reporting of amounts outstanding, percentage paid and more.
Yes, Kindo offers flexible group billing and split family views to accommodate various family situations.
Kindo provides a user-friendly interface where parents can view and pay for all school expenses in one place. It offers 24/7 online payments, flexible payment methods, and the ability to make partial payments.
Kindo offers a customer service team with helpdesk support, quick guides, webinars, tutorial videos, and an online support portal. They also provide Kindo Mentors to help with setup and training.
Yes, Kindo offers an online school shop feature. It can handle uniforms, lunches, books, fundraising items, tickets, and more. Orders can be viewed and printed in real-time.
Kindo simplifies fundraising by:Providing an online platform for orders and payments, reducing the need for on-site volunteers, offering pre-built affiliate fundraisers and integrating with Supergenerous for tax rebate gifting. Kindo can also help increase donation rates by surfacing the opportunity to donate alongside other key payments.
Kindo doesn't charge monthly license fees. Instead, they charge a transaction fee of 3.95% (plus GST) on payments administered through Kindo.
The setup process varies depending on your school's needs, but Kindo provides all the support you need to guide you through the process. We offer a comprehensive onboarding process including data gathering, provisioning, pre-launch training, and a 30-day check-in.
