More than 70% of the 5,488 college students who took a nine-question quiz designed to measure their current financial management knowledge failed the test, according to Higher One, a New Haven, Conn.-based financial services provider that sponsored the survey. Less than 30% of the respondents answered six or more questions correctly, with more scores in […]

Students attending the School Without Walls, a small public magnet high school located on the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C., get to use DC One smart cards to ride the metro to and from school. The school is the first in the district utilizing the contactless fare card. Some say the new system […]

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 make cash transfers into their accounts with the Green Dot MoneyPak. The Higher One OneAccount […]

A $200,000 security system that would enable students at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque to use their ID cards to gain entrance to their dorm rooms has been shelved for the time being because the system isn’t working as expected. Instead, students at the school’s newest dorm have to resort back to the […]

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 now be able to offer their students access to a reloadable prepaid account to pay […]

The University of Indiana Bloomington is introducing the All Access Plan that will add new deposit options via the bursar’s office to the established campus payment card. The change is expected to increase flexibility and spending at dining facilities, food kiosks and vending machines throughout campus and at many local restaurants, convenience stores, pharmacies, bookstores […]

Not only has the University of Central Florida’s student ID card gained new functionality, it’s currently undergoing a facelift as well. UCF Card Services is revamping the original look with a new card design which features UCF’s creed along a black background. “We wanted to bring it back to the school colors,” said Tammy Kidder, […]

New York University students will be getting a redesigned ID card starting this fall which will include contactless capabilities for access into buildings. “The reason for issuing a new ID card is for essentially two reasons,” said a NYU spokesperson. “It has been in place for far too long (10 years), and there is a […]

Edison State College, Fort Myers, Fla. has added the CASHNet ePayment transaction portal from Higher One, a technology and payment services company focused on higher education. The service is set to commence this month and is intended to simplify and further secure payment processing which will benefit both students and staff. Students and their family […]

Blackboard announced that it has retained Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in response to receiving unsolicited, non-binding proposals to acquire the company. The company is evaluating the offers as well as strategic alternatives, including whether third parties would have an interest in acquiring the company at a price and on terms that would represent […]