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Slippery Rock University breaks ground with its contactless cell phone payment

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Leading payments processor, Heartland Payment Systems, joins the ranks of campus card providers Slippery Rock Univeristy Card and Phone Payment System

By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor

Contactless technology is coming to the 8,600-student strong Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. But it won’t be a card. It’s coming via cell phone, thanks to a small tag not much bigger than a postage stamp.

When Slippery Rock’s students arrive for classes this fall, they’ll be greeted with a new campus card and an accompanying 13.56MHz contactless token designed to stick to the back of any cell phone.

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