Towson University in Maryland has joined the higher education institutions expanding their use of student ID cards off-campus. More importantly, the declining balance account on the student’s OneCard will not expose its users to overdraft fees or credit card debt, the university emphasizes. Retail Points, Towson’s existing discretionary account, could already be used on campus […]

USA Technologies and ViVOtech have decided upon an agreement where ViVOtech will provide 25,000 contactless and magnetic stripe card readers for USA Technologies’ ePort technology. USA Technologies made an initial purchase of 10,000 readers from ViVOtech in 2007 that were installed with the ePort in vending machines. “Our latest order of 25,000 wireless readers is […]

USA Technologies has released its new ePort system for vending machines that now comes bundled with NFC capability. In addition to also reading typical mag stripe and contactless cards, the G7 will read prepaid, gift, loyalty and promotional cards. It also has the ability to read the company’s PayDot™, a smart, paper-thin, nickel-sized sticker that […]

Purchase jumpstarts payment processor’s entry into the college and university market By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor The recently announced purchase of campus card supplier General Meters Corp. (GMC) by payments processors, Heartland Payment Systems, has likely delivered the resources the small company needed to stay competitive. Heartland’s campus card appetite was first whetted with its […]

MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies Inc. have expanded ePort cashless payment terminals to 17,500 vending machines nationwide, adding more than 4,000 new locations that accept MasterCard PayPass contactless payments. The move to expand cashless payment in vending machines was driven by positive feedback from consumers, vending operators and soft drink bottlers, as well as increased […]

NFC has arrived at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash., where vending machines with USA Technologies’ ePort are capable of reading an NFC-enabled cell phone. It coincides with an NFC pilot program currently underway in Spokane involving Nokia phones equipped with MasterCard PayPass. MALVERN, Pa.–USA Technologies announced that vending machines equipped with Near Field Communications (NFC) capable […]

Swipe a card, enter a PIN and place a finger on the scanner and visitors to the Herbal Nutrition Center in Los Angeles can buy a small package of medicinal marijuana. Individuals must have a doctor’s note in order to qualify for the purchase. After that they are given a pre-paid magnetic stripe card, choose […]

U.S. Bank, MasterCard Worldwide and Nokia have introduced a mobile payments pilot program in Spokane, Washington. Program participants received a new Nokia mobile phone equipped with MasterCard PayPass payment functionality, which allows them to pay for purchases with a tap of their mobile phone, instead of sliding a card through a magnetic stripe reader, handing […]

U.S. Bank, MasterCard Worldwide and Nokia have introduced a mobile payments pilot program in Spokane, Washington. Program participants received a new Nokia mobile phone equipped with MasterCard PayPass payment functionality, which allows them to pay for purchases with a tap of their mobile phone, instead of sliding a card through a magnetic stripe reader, handing […]

USA Technologies’ ePort cashless system for vending now supports Discover Network Zip contactless technology. In addition to USA Technologies’ integration of Discover Network Zip technology into its readers, Discover Network also has purchased 1000 ePort cashless systems to be installed in vending machines. Discover expects to deploy the systems by the end of this month. […]