valU, El Gouna school sign tuition payment agreement: EFG Hermes’ consumer finance arm valU has signed an agreement with El Gouna International School (EGIS) to provide tuition payment solutions for the coming academic year, the company said in a press release (pdf). This is the second tuition facilitation partnership valU signed in recent months after the company signed a similar agreement with school operator GEMS. The product is part of covid-era trend that has seen school operators partner with finance companies to ensure parents can keep going. We had more in a recent edition of Blackboard, our weekly dive into the education sector.