Heartland Payment Systems, a leading credit and debit card processor, has been selected by Pennsylvania’s Slippery Rock University to deliver contactless payments by cell phone to students and faculty. This summer, 8,500 students, faculty and staff will receive a new campus ID card and a separate contactless token designed for use with their mobile phones. […]

Higher One announced that HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, has signed an agreement to implement Higher One’s OneDisburse® Refund Management hoping to improve the disbursement of refunds to their students. HACC will begin using the service sometime in August of this year. HACC will benefit from the elimination of time-consuming functions, paper checks and possible […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor A time tested business adage suggests that one key to success is to give customers a choice. That is one of the driving principles behind Ireland-based SmartCentric’s latest move, adding support for the iCLASS contactless smart card to its campus card system through one of the best known contactless solutions […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor Six colleges, located around Boston’s famous Fenway Park, have something in common besides their affinity for the Boston Red Sox. Their student campus cards can be used interchangeably among the six schools. It took a consortium to make that happen, as well as a card company with the technology and […]

Students enjoy added flexibility and institutions benefit from new revenues Andy Williams, Contributing Editor In the drive for more bucks–and don’t kid yourself, nearly every college and university needs more money, particularly in today’s tax revolt environment–one overlooked revenue stream could be as near as the pizza joint next door to the college. Off campus […]

Messages are sent to email or cell phone when wash and dry cycles are complete By Ryan Kline, Contributing Editor The campus card has helped to alleviate the frantic search for quarters that characterizes the student laundry experience. Card-based payment solves that problem, but what will solve the problem the ever so busy college student […]

The future of campus cards goes mobile Andy Williams, Contributing Editor As wireless connectivity becomes the norm rather than the exception, colleges are finding greater uses for handheld PDA-type devices that can simplify everything from taking food orders to checking students in during an event, such as a football game. Meal vending, picnics, field trips, […]

VisionGateway and SmartCentric have combined their expertise to offer secure e-business integration with multi-application smart card support. Both companies have begun working together on immediate client opportunities in the real estate, print media and gaming industries. SAN DIEGO, CA – VisionGateway, Inc., a next-generation software solutions company capitalizing on the explosive growth of Internet use […]

Duke University in North Carolina and the University of Alabama have received recognition from Blackboard for their campus service offerings that have led to more student conveniences while saving the institutions time and money. The Greenhouse Awards were presented during Blackboard’s BbWorld Commerce 2007 conference. WASHINGTON, DC – Blackboard Inc., a leading provider of enterprise […]

With every government agency in the U.S. issuing a standardized secure ID, will your campus card feel the pressure to follow their lead? By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Every federal government agency is currently issuing a standard ID card to their employees and contractors. Some of the brightest minds from security and IT in the […]