Eisenhower Middle School, in Wyckoff, New Jersey, is organizing an experimental program that will allow parents to deposit money for their children’s school expenses into a secure online account, reports NorthJersey.com. Using payforit.net parents can create an online account for their children and deposit money for school expenses such as school lunches and after school […]

Florida A&M’s Division of Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) has implemented a single log-in solution for students to access their iRattler accounts, FAMU wireless networks and their FAMMail by using their new FamNet ID – formerly their FaMMail username and password. The new unified log-in was deployed in an effort to make password management easier for […]

Pilot project enabled bookstore payments via microSD equipped handset At Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, 120 students and faculty members are using their cell phones to make payments in the campus bookstore. The mobile technology startup, RFinity, developed the secure solution using microSD cards with Near Field Communication capabilities to enable contactless payments with the […]

The University of Delaware and PNC Bank announced a seven year contract with an emphasis on money management and financial responsibility, for the more than 20,000 students at the university. Under the agreement, students will now have an option to link their newly-redesigned University of Delaware campus card to a PNC Bank account, adding ATM […]

As community colleges expand they look to campus card services for the same reasons the universities do – to cut costs and enhance services. To make getting started easier, campus card solutions provider CardSmith announced its new FastStart program. The program will waive set-up fees, fix service costs for a minimum of three years, and […]

Chicago-based Loyola University recently played host to ColorID’s regional Campus Identification Security Seminar. Presentations were held at the University’s digital research library, the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons building. Topics discussed included the latest in contactless card technologies, logical access and biometric identification devices for physical access. Products included iris cameras, fingerprint readers, logical access […]

Are colleges and universities having an issue with students making fake campus IDs? A recent report at the University of Flordia showed a problem but CR80News is wondering if others are seeing the same problems. Are students doing it for free public transportation? Free meals? What has been done to prevent students from faking student […]

University of Georgia police arrested its security analyst, Dorin Dehelean, on a felony extortion charge for trying to blackmail a student who was caught downloading music, reveals the Banner Herald. Officials say that Dehelean called the student to let her know that she’d been caught downloading copyrighted material, a violation of university policy. He “offered […]

West Ashley High School, in Charleston, S.C., is changing the way it handles campus visitors with the installation of a new computer system, reports The Post and Courier. Different from the school’s old method of handling visitors, which was simply flashing your drivers license, the school now uses computerized system to run visitors’ names through […]

Dates: December 7 – 9, 2010 Location: Paris, France Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center URL: http://www.cartes.com Description: This is the event where decisions are taken on the future directions and on major trends in smartcard and contactless technologies (transactions, telecoms, services, transport). CARTES: The world leading show for banking technologies and e-transactions, with mobile payment […]