Debit and credit cards, as well their mobile equivalents, are giving campus cards a run for their money at vending machines on many campuses across the country. Although providers of traditional closed-loop campus card systems may be losing their once...
Determining where discretionary funds can be used is a dilemma that's seemingly as old as meal plans themselves. The questions of whether these funds can be used beyond the confines of campus is often down to university dining officials, food...
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...
One of Columbia University's campus residence halls is facing an unusual laundry predicament. The residence hall in question, Nussbaum, still requires the use of legacy prepaid laundry cards leading to issues for those students who do their laundry more than...
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...
Vending is one of the many valuable uses for a campus card, but it's an oft-overlooked service. Heartland's Fred Emery highlights just how valuable on-campus vending can be when it taps into a university's campus OneCard.
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
