LEGIC provides robust suite of payment and security applications for students in Chur, Switzerland By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor While many U.S. colleges and universities have been hesitant to delve into the contactless world, European and Asian campuses have taken the opposite approach. So it is with the University of Technology and Economics (HTW Chur) […]

The Canadian Association of University Business Officers recognized Wilfrid Laurier University for its innovative and wide ranging use of its card program to serve students and improve efficiencies. The General Meters system serves as a library card, access card, a credit card (for faculty and staff), a host of on and off campus purchasing, and […]

Fee-free checking, online banking, and more have become standard fare Students, like other customers, are expecting more and more services from their financial institution. And banks are working hard to find attractive offerings and competitive pricing to meet these new demands. Recent research and studies of student banking habits lend insight into this trend. Don’t […]

QI Systems, a developer and marketer of contact and contactless chip-based card payment and tracking solutions, has joined with campus card provider SmartCentric Technologies, to provide universities with more opportunities for expanded use of the SmartCity smart cards for on-campus and off-campus use. The agreement will also allow for remote data collection and hot-listing of […]

Card systems at colleges and universities have typically centered around on-campus commerce and access. But today, they are extending their reach off-campus and opening their on-campus services to more commerce-savvy students, faculty, and staff. Credit card use has continually increased on college and university campuses, specifically in conjunction with their transaction systems. The companies provisioning […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor As the one-year anniversary of The CBORD Group’s acquisition of Diebold’s card systems division approaches, the Ithaca, NY-based company spans the range of colleges and universities – small, medium and now large campuses. To Bruce Lane, CBORD’s executive vice president, the acquisition was a perfect fit with CBORD’s strategic direction. […]

Bowling Green State University recently converted to Blackboard’s Transaction System, putting in place a one card system that allows the university’s 21,000 students and 2,700 faculty and staff to utilize a wide variety of services, including vending, building access and laundry. WASHINGTON, DC–Blackboard Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software and services to the education […]

Blackboard recently announced the winners of its annual Greenhouse awards. The three categories–Exemplary Courses, Campus Services and Fostering Communities of Practice–recognize schools and colleges for their use of the company’s technology products. The eight winners will share $50,000 in prize money. WASHINGTON, DC – Blackboard Inc. has announced the winners of its annual Greenhouse awards […]

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publishing Shackled by an outdated card program and its proprietary operating system, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) went looking for something bigger and better and, more importantly, a campus card that would enable the university to keep pace with technology. With its 27,000 students, NSU, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, […]

SmartCentric and Siemens will be installing a multi-application contact/contactless smart card system at the largest independent college in the southeastern U.S. The new card will include identification, e-ticketing, physical and logical access controls (utilizing biometrics) and cashless purchases. Subsequent phases will incorporate transportation and car parking. Dublin, Ireland and West Palm Beach, Fla.–Nova Southeastern University […]