CR80News | Campus card bank partnerships increase modestly in 2007

Friday, March 28, 2008

Annual CR80News survey shows growth rates drop by half from prior year

by Chris Corum & Andy Williams, Executive & Contributing Editors

The number of partnerships between campus card programs and financial institutions continued to grow in 2007, though not as rapidly as in recent years. The annual CR80News campus card/banking partnership survey reported a modest increase of 8% in 2007, down from 16% growth in 2006 and a 30% average growth in 2004 and 2005.

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