Worldwide payment technology services provider, Global Payments, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Heartland Payment Systems. No changes to the Heartland OneCard offering are expected as a result of the acquisition, but the transaction is expected to significantly expand...
Higher One has announced an agreement to sell all assets and certain liabilities of its Disbursements business -- including the OneAccount -- to one of its bank partners, Customers Bank and parent company, Customers Bancorp, Inc. The gross purchase price...
A primary obstacle for accepting the campus card for payment transactions has been an expensive buy in for point-of-sale payment technology. Now, however, some universities are recognizing the need to accept payments at places other than a traditional point of...
Pepsi vending machines on campus at the University of Wyoming have expanded their payment options to accept the student ID and declining balance funds. The additional payment method is made possible by a partnership between the university’s campus card vendor,...
For many colleges and universities, the student ID is central to making purchases on and off campus. But what happens when a new payment method enters the fray? The digital currency known as Bitcoin has been making headlines for several...
Most campuses find it necessary to accept a mix of payment options, including open-loop credit and debit cards. But while open-loop payments might have once only been accepted at the bookstore for major purchases, they are now accepted at an...
The student ID is a great way to pay for that late night snack or last-minute print job from the computer lab, as long as there are funds in the account. But when it runs dry, there had better be...
Marshall University will end a ten-year relationship with Higher One and begin a new contract with PNC Bank June 1 to issue student refunds. The new relationship with PNC eliminates the multi-function card and gives students a traditional student ID...
Under pending new rules from the Department of Education, campuses may have to curb the outsourcing of financial aid disbursement, as well as the provision of financial accounts and payment cards to students. For hundreds of campuses and millions of...
The only publication dedicated to the use of campus cards, mobile credentials, identity and security technology in the education market. CampusIDNews – formerly CR80News – has served more than 6,500 subscribers for more than two decades.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
