Multicard announced the launch of polypurse, an Internet-based platform for managing the cashless payment functions of its Swiss ID card for campus environments. The company’s polyright card serves as an all-in-one ID credential for payment, building access, library privileges, locker...
Financial aid disbursement providers do battle for share of campus market By Zack Martin, Editor, AVISIAN Publications Financial aid refund systems have been a hot topic the past year. The conversation has focused around the fees these programs charge students...
Kern Schools Federal Credit Union has implemented Datacard CardWizard software for instant debit card issuance at its seven full-service branches, in addition to three campus locations. CardWizard software will enable KSFCU to instantly issue Visa debit cards which enables members...
A word to describe the state of campus banking relationships in 2010 is stagnation. According to CR80News’ latest survey of financial institutions, the number of campus card and bank partnerships remained virtually unchanged from 2009 to 2010. Overall growth in...
Green Dot, a California prepaid financial services company, has been chosen as the cash transfer partner for Higher One, a technology and payment services company geared to higher education. The Green Dot relationship will enable Higher One OneAccount customers to...
Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks has teamed with MasterCard Worldwide to launch the SunTrust Campus Card that integrates a student ID card with a reloadable prepaid card backed by the credit card giant. With this new campus card, universities and colleges will...
New IRS regulation are catching some college campuses by surprise as campuses will be required to file more information regarding off-campus merchant programs. IRS Form 1099-K, Merchant Card and Third Party Network Payments, will be required from universities in order...
Seattle University’s new student ID card with debit functionality is probably more secure than standard cards. For example, the U.S. Bank-backed card has no account number on the face of the card. As one university spokesperson said: “Everyone’s pretty protected...
Analysts say Higher One poised for big things, but concerns over fees loom By Autumn C. Giusti, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications As financial aid disbursement goes, newly-minted public company Higher One may be positioned to school the industry. The firm’s...
New Haven, Conn.-based Higher One says it is now featuring a podcast series of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) called Money Smart on Higher One’s student financial education destination One For Your Money (formerly Game Time.) The FDIC Money...
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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
