Receive Scholarship Payments Electronically

Backpack works with scholarship providers to deliver payments to universities electronically instead of by paper check.
Set up your institution to receive ACH payments and electronic remittance rosters.

Don’t have ACH bank details right now?

Enter your details and we’ll email you a secure link to complete setup later.

Have your ACH bank details ready?

Provide your bank information via our secure portal. You can either enter the details manually or upload a PDF

Open secure portal

FAQs for Universities

How does it work?

How will I receive payment?

How will I be notified?

When will the payment land?

Will I receive bulk payments or individual payments per student?

What is on the ACH description?

What is Backpack’s role?

Are funds ever held by Backpack?

How do I update our bank details or change where remittance notifications are sent?

What happens if we do not activate digital delivery?

Is there a way to automate all outside scholarship payments from all providers?

Backpack is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by OMB Bank, Member FDIC.