According to an article in the UC Berkeley student newspaper, some merchants participating in the Cal 1 Card’s off-campus debit card program are less than satisfied with the results. A representative from a local bookstore that accepts the card said it accounts for less than one-percent of total sales, yet half the customers are students. […]

If you think that campus ID programs aren’t using smart cards, think again. More than 200 universities have signed on to work with Banco Santander’s University Smart Card program. The massive financial institution based in Spain has issued more than 4 million smart cards to the university ID cardholders for secure contactless access to facilities, […]

With the help of wireless access control readers from Schlage and the campus card solution from Blackboard, students at Georgia Tech no longer need a physical ticket to get into home football games. At the school’s Bobby Dodd Stadium, turnstyles were outfitted with card readers to enable card swipe and subsequent eligibility verification to grant […]

The North Carolina State University student paper suggests the merger of three separate financial accounts associated with the official AllCampus Card. Currently separate accounts are used for debit purchases, copy services, and discretionary mealplan purchases. Student government representatives, according to an article in the campus newspaper, would like to see these combined into a single […]

Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division has enhanced its access and security offering by integrating its Campus OneCard System with Schlage AD-Series electronic locks. The Campus OneCard is a multi-functional campus card that can be used for access control, on- and off-campus purchases, financial aid disbursement and more. Schlage is a brand of Ingersoll Rand […]

The school board in Pittsburgh, Pa. has issued an order that gives their middle and high school students a couple weeks to sign-up for the school lunch program that sees them using biometric data as a form of payment rather than refillable debit cards or passwords connected to lunch accounts, according to a Post Gazette […]

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven and Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, have selected campus card provider CBORD to manage their off-campus payment programs. Although both universities were already successfully managing these programs, they wanted to reduce staff time and offer better service to their merchants. Previously, Central Connecticut State had 19 merchants accepting […]

Dates: April 18 – 21, 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Venue: Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort URL: www.naccu.org/2010 Description: NACCU’s Annual Conference brings together a variety of campus card professionals from a wide array of disciplines and management perspectives. The Conference has developed into the single most important opportunity to learn about the latest technological advances, […]

A recently updated UTSACard from the University of Texas at San Antonio provides a range of new benefits and services to students and employees. The card can be used at locations across the UTSA campuses and can earn students discounts when presented at local businesses such as movie theaters and nightclubs. Faculty and staff can […]

That’s the word from Stanford’s Information Technology Services in response to phony emails that have been sent to students that seek their user name and password. The emails are similar to scammers seeking bank account numbers. For example, one email sent to Stanford students included the subject line “Webmail users maintenance notice,” and requested recipients […]