Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Free seminars highlight off-campus programs and financial aid delivery in cities across country

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

A series of free seminars covering card-related topics including off-campus merchant rollouts, electronic financial aid delivery, and credit card tuition payment acceptance will take place in cities across the country. The newly announced series titled, “the future of campus payments,” is being offered by Heartland Payment Systems, recent buyer of General Meters and provider of cell phone payment solution at Slippery Rock University.

During the next 6 weeks, the free events will be held in Pittsburgh, Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Raleigh, and Denver. To check out the agenda and consider registering for these one-day free events, click here[end] 

The OneCard from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, can now be used at three off-campus restaurants with more merchants set to join.

“It’s a project we’ve been working on for some time now and its finally coming to fruition,” said OneCard Coordinator Chris Bird.

read more »

Mexico’s Federal Tolling Authority - Caminos y Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios Conexos (CAPUFE) - has awarded a contract to system integrator Axiompass to install a toll-free system for residents using Sirit RFID readers.

read more »

Fox News Business has taken a look at university IDs that also double as prepaid cards. Fox dubs the prepaid aspect as “the latest twist on a long tradition of college campus ID cards serving a dual financial purpose.”

read more »

Tennessee’s Board of Regents has chosen Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division to handle financial aid disbursement and refund management through Heartland’s Acceluraid financial aid disbursement product. The contract covers six universities, 13 community colleges and 27 technology centers.

read more »

Heartland Payment Systems Campus Solutions division, in partnership with Bridgeway Solutions, an identification and security solutions provider, has been chosen as one of South Carolina’s preferred system providers for electronic disbursement of financial aid refunds and payments to students.

read more »

Students at Park Hills, Mo.-based Mineral Area College will be receiving their financial aid refunds faster this year through a prepaid card issued by Central National Bank in Oklahoma.

read more »