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Loosening of credit card rules opens door for instant issuance of Visa & MasterCards on campus

Friday, May 2, 2008

Issuing combined student IDs and bank cards on campus reduces the time it takes to get these multifunction cards into students’ hands, and it enables them to begin using the card the moment they exit the campus card office. But if that card was a branded Visa or MasterCard product, this hasn’t been possible for most issuers.

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