Depauw University in Greencastle, Ind. is now enabling its students to use their campus card at nine restaurants off campus. The program will be managed by Off-Campus Advantage, a subsidiary of campus card provider CBORD. The restaurants will give 9.5%...

Students returning this fall to Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina will find waiting for them a revamped student ID card with more services. While previous versions of the card granted users access to campus buildings and the stadium,...

Blackboard Inc., a provider of education technology, has released version 3.5 of Blackboard Transact that strengthens data and application security for campus commerce and card programs and enables institutions to process credit card transactions while meeting new industry standards. Blackboard...

U.S. Bank is the first card issuer in the U.S. to add Visa payWave technology to an unembossed debit card that is issued instantly to an account holder upon opening an account. The instant-issue Visa payWave pilot is being tested...

Financial markets magazine Euromoney has named U.S. Bancorp as the “Best Bank in the U.S.” as part of the publication’s 2009 Awards for Excellence. The honor was presented the Minneapolis, Minn.-based bank in London last week. The publication cited U.S....

Connecticut has joined several other states that are seeking to restrict or forbid credit card marketing activities on campus. Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed legislation that sets strict parameters for credit card companies as to when, where and how they...

Article One Partners LLC, an online community that works to validate or invalidate patents by offering cash compensation, says it has uncovered prior art in the JSA Technologies patent that covers the account to account transfer of funds between networks...

U.S. Bank is piloting with its employees in Minneapolis a new product that enables cardholders to use a single card for traditional magnetic stripe purchases, Visa payWave transactions and to gain access to secure facilities. Those involved in the pilot...

Two financial institutions see double-digit increases By Chris Corum & Andy Williams, AVISIAN Publications College Banking partnerships are alive and well despite a lousy economy. Last year was actually a pretty good one for banks doing business with college campuses...

The credit card reform bill, which passed the Senate and is expected to clear the House by the end of the week, could have serious implications for students and consumers under age 21, according to an article in the Christian...