Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Cashless colleges: Student IDs turn into payment systems

Friday, May 16, 2008 in News

Student ID cards today mean more than meal tickets or the ability to buy books on campus. They mean wireless hotdog carts. That’s just one of the examples highlighted by CreditCards.com in its report on the new breed of student ID cards.

The “cashless campus” at many universities now allows students to gain access to their dorms or use their campus cards for off campus purchases or to do their laundry, and much, much more. Students expect it because many of them have been using credit cards since middle school. Read more here[end] 

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