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CBORD to host contactless technology webinar

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Thinking of changing your mag stripe campus ID card to contactless? Campus card provider CBORD may be able to help. The company is offering a free webinar March 27 that will enable participants to learn the latest about contactless credentials for colleges and universities.

The webinar will review the variety of contactless options available and discuss considerations for implementation. Plus, two CBORD customers, who have already transitioned to contactless, will share their stories and answer questions.


Douglas M. Snedegar, director of EagleCard and document services at Morehead State University in Kentucky will discuss his university’s experience as the first Odyssey PCS user to go contactless with iCLASS.

Larry Fink, assistant vice president for housing and auxiliaries finance at Miami University of Ohio will share the story of Miami University’s implementation of CS Access with aptiQ contactless credentials.

Casey Avery, CBORD account representative, client development, will host the one-hour session that begins at 2 p.m. March 27.

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HSBC announced that it will begin the conversion to contactless technology this month, replacing all customer banking debit cards, according to ThinkMoney.com.

The bank will start to roll out the new contactless cards to existing customers whose debit cards are due to expire this month and then continue the process as cards expire. Customers who don’t want a contactless card can opt out by contacting their bank before their current card expires.

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The CBORD Group rolled out GET Funds, an online and mobile commerce software application that puts account information in the hands of students wherever mobile smart phone services are available.

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If you want to see the NFC pilot project in action at Villanova University, the two partners in the project–Ingersoll Rand and CBORD–have posted a YouTube video giving a brief overview of the test.

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Max Steinhardt, COO for campus card provider CBORD, has been named the company’s new president effective May 1. He succeeds Tim Tighe, who has served as a CBORD executive for more than 25 years.

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