By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Shackled by an outdated card program and its proprietary operating system, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) went looking for something bigger and better and, more importantly, a campus card that would enable the university...
EduCard LLC, a division of software developer Evisions, Irvine, Calif., has tapped Metavante Corp. to provide its prepaid card processing services, allowing universities using the program to disburse money to students via EduCard’s preloaded Intellecard Visa-branded debit cards, thus giving...
Debitek, a card reader/device manufacturer and stored value solution provider, has been acquired from its prior owner Ingenico by Heartland Payment Systems. Debitek is well-known in the “closed system” card market with more than 20-years experience providing mag stripe and...
Helping college students who are on their own for the very first time can be a rewarding experience for employees of a bank’s on-campus branch. Students may never have had a bank account before and it may be their first...
Syracuse University has inked a five-year agreement with Mac-Gray Corp. for the company’s LaundryView system that allows students to monitor the status of the washers and dryers in their campus laundry rooms from any device with a web browser, such...
Among of the biggest questions surrounding campus card bank partnerships is whether or not to locate a branch on the campus. Of course, a branch can certainly foster a closer relationship between the bank and the future depositors (students, faculty,...
Sam Houston State’s Frank Parker, interim vice president of student services, has joined Higher One’s Product Steering Committee, designed to enhance communications with Higher One’s clients and to brainstorm new features universities want from the financial services company. Higher One...
Following on the heels of its acquisition of Diebold’s card system business earlier this year, CBORD has acquired the merchant discount membership business from Student Advantage. Included in the purchase are the existing member base, more than 20,000 pre-arranged participating...
Zebra’s dual-sided color P420i printer has been chosen by a southwest Florida school district to print its 11,000 employee ID badges which are part of a GE-installed system that includes access control, video surveillance, alarm monitoring and photo ID badging....
By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Campus card programs in Europe are starting to accelerate, thanks in part to creation in 2003 of the European Campus Card Association. While Europe is often in the forefront of card usage in areas such...
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
