Bank of America announced that it will begin charging a $5 monthly fee for cardholders who use their debit cards, a move that may impact banking relationships on campus. According to The Daily Californian, other major banks are expected to follow suit including JP Morgan Chase and Sun Trust. Wells Fargo plans to pilot a […]

Brown University is transitioning to a new MyCourses login due to a recent tip from a computer science student about a potential security risk. According to The Brown Daily Herald, anyone could capture a login ID and password when a student signed into their MyCourses account, and enabled access to their personal data through Brown […]

Datacard Group announced a new single-step color printing technology available for the Datacard MX1000 and Datacard MX2000 card issuance systems that is designed to provide financial institutions, government organizations and other card issuers an economical way to print high-quality color images. The single-step color printing technology is suited for card issuers with mid-volume card programs […]

The CBORD Group Inc. teamed with Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies to fulfill a full campus deployment for the more than 16,000 students at Miami University of Ohio. The installation took only 90 days to complete and covered 40 buildings including residence hall rooms and campus facilities. It was completed while coordinating around the school’s summer […]

Mobile devices are poised to become the ID credential of the future. In a recent video interview, Blackboard Transact president David Marr shared his views on mobile platforms in higher ed and the impacts on campus card offices. CR80News’ Chris Corum discussed the topic with Marr in this podcast. He describes the mobile device as […]

Thanks to a new pilot program between Cal State University San Bernardino and the local transit agency, CSUSB students can now commute to campus for free. Starting this fall semester students can swipe their current valid student ID card to ride for free on Omnitrans buses throughout the 2011-2012 school year. CSUSB students can use […]

To support the fight against breast cancer, Datacard Group, a secure ID and card personalization solution provider, is introducing a limited edition pink Datacard SD260 Card Printer. The pink printer will be available for purchase from October 2011 to March 2012 as supplies last. Datacard will donate a portion of the proceeds from each printer […]

Southeastern Louisiana University has expanded its campus card program with the addition of Cub Cash, according to The Lion’s Roar, the student newspaper. Cub Cash is the university’s latest campus payment program which enables students to purchase meals at many different locations, including off-campus merchants like Subway and Starbucks; in addition to the Lion’s Den […]