How smarter verification protects students, satisfies DHA, and rebuilds sector trust.

International student financial requirements have tightened significantly in recent years, yet concerns around student financial distress, visa refusals and affordability continue to grow.

As institutions navigate rising scrutiny around student finances, a critical question remains: are current approaches accurately assessing a student's ability to succeed financially while studying abroad, or simply their ability to meet visa requirements?

This webinar will explore the growing gap between financial capacity and financial resilience, examining how institutions, policymakers and sector partners can better identify risk, support students and strengthen trust in international education.

Through expert insights and sector discussion, we'll explore the challenges facing universities, agents and student support teams, including the impact of changing policy settings, evolving financial verification requirements and the consequences of students arriving without the resources needed to thrive.

Join us as we examine how smarter, data-informed approaches to financial verification could help improve student outcomes, support compliance objectives and contribute to a more sustainable international education sector.

Key discussion points:
• Why financial distress among international students remains a concern despite higher financial thresholds
• The difference between a student's capacity to pay and their long-term financial resilience
• How changing visa and compliance requirements are impacting institutions, agents and students
• The role of financial verification in supporting student success and reducing risk
• What a more effective and trusted approach to assessing financial capacity could look like

This webinar is part of The PIE Leaders Series and will be hosted by Nick Cuthbert, Director of Insight at The PIE News.

The financial capacity gap: are we setting international students up to fail financially?