The recent years have not been easy for financial institutions. Bad loans, stock price declines and scandals have been almost daily headlines. Yet despite the tough environment, the number of campus card program and bank partnerships continued to grow in 2009. Each year the editorial team at CR80News surveys financial institutions that actively work with […]

The University of Cincinnati’s Bearcat Card will soon have debit functionality thanks to the new five-year partnership with PNC Bank, according to an independent student newspaper at the university. Starting June 2010, students and employees can link their Bearcat Card to a PNC account and use it as payment at any location (on or off […]

The idea of Bangalore University students being issued smart cards doesn’t seem to be going over too well with many university officials, according to an industry news report. The proposed idea, which was discussed during a recent university meeting, was vetoed by more than half of the varsity officials and syndicate members. Syndicate members claim […]

Liberty University, out of Lynchburg, Va., is keeping students and faculty safe while surfing the Web thanks to digital certificates developed together with Verizon Business. The Christian university, along with Verizon, came up with a digital certificate that could be used to secure personal student information, financial records and other university data. Based on Secure […]

The Avon Lake school district is employing the use of biometric scanners for students to purchase cafeteria meals in lieu of cash, according to a local news source. To pacify concerned parents and big brother advocates, school officials point out that the system doesn’t actually capture or store a student’s fingerprint but a finger image […]

Programs drawing interest from national retailers Dominican College in Orangeburg, N.Y. has 2,050 students with about 700 living on campus. The school’s campus ID is used for access to meal plans, physical areas, vending, photocopying, laundry and an off-campus program that has been in place for seven years. The institution launched the off-campus program to […]

Fidelity Systems and Magna Carta Chipcard Solutions has been selected for Keele University to deploy a next generation electronic point of sale solution incorporating cashless payment, according to a BFNNews report. The university’s new system will include a combination of the Fidelity GPoS solution integrated with the Magna Carta FacilityPro cashless payment system across the […]

The University of Delaware is transitioning its campus banking partnership from WSFS to PNC, according to a campus news release. The campus entered into a seven-year contract with PNC Bank to provide campus banking services and personal financial management educational materials to students and staff. The campus will begin seeing signs of the transition as […]

Scalby School officials are receiving a lot of heat from their decision to implement biometric equipment, according to a local news report. The school, located in Scarborough, UK, recently introduced a cashless payment system and library checkout program that functions by reading students’ fingerprints. School officials assure parents that the fingerprint system is not nearly […]

ColorID, an identification solutions supplier to the campus card industry, announced that it will be participating in this year’s 8th annual European Campus Card Association (ECCA) Conference. ColorID will be holding presentations that explore a variety of contactless technologies, as well as card issuance technologies. ColorID presentations at this year’s conference include “The Basics of […]