Higher One has affirmed its alignment with new guidelines for colleges and universities regarding debit card options for students. The National Association of College and University Business Officers issued in August guidelines that it developed following a survey of its member institutions. The guidelines, entitled “Safeguarding Student Finances: Guidance for Campuses Offering Student Debit Card […]

A federal court is expected to rule this week on a mandate by the Northside Independent School District San Antonio, Texas requiring students to wear RFID-equipped name badges that enable school administrators to track a student’s whereabouts while on campus. But 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez is objecting to the mandate for religious reasons, calling the requirement […]

CardSmith has integrated a print and copy management solution from Monitor Inc. with CardSmith’s cloud-based transaction system to enable cashless printing and copy services on campuses and other institutional venues. The solution from Monitor, a provider of print and transaction management software, offers CardSmith customers a way to manage fee-based printing and copying services for […]

Blackboard has launched another mobile app, this one enabling Blackboard Connect message recipients to get alerts and personalize their messaging settings directly from their mobile devices. The company’s MyConnect application is now available for free from Apple iTunes and Google Play app stores. Institutions using Blackboard Connect can make the app available directly from the […]

A proposal by Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, to fingerprint all its faculty has met with considerable resistance. Since early November, the university’s faculty senate has voted twice by a huge majority to reject fingerprinting for each of the school’s some 1,100 employees. “I have no problem with a background check – I have […]

Blackboard Transact has gone mobile, enabling students to manage their debit card accounts. With the eAccounts Mobile app for iOS-based devicess, students can manage their campus ID accounts by checking their debit card account balance, viewing transactions, making real-time deposits and managing security features. The eAccounts Mobile app is the latest extension to eAccounts, Blackboard’s […]

Financial services provider Higher One has introduced its OneRewards cash back program for checking accounts that college students enrolled at partner colleges and universities use. Higher One checking account holders can now receive up to 30% cash back on purchases such as retail and dining, both online and in-store. The OneRewards program will be providing […]

Campus card services provider CardSmith is launching a mobile version of its online Cardholder Account Center. Students, parents and other authorized users can use their smart phone to check balances, view transactions and revalue their meal plan or Campus Cash accounts through a scaled down mobile-friendly version. The smart phone interface also enables users to […]

Because it’s moving to a new banking partner, the University of Central Florida, Orlando, is requiring all students and staff to obtain new ID cards. The new partner is Fairwinds Credit Union, which is opening a new campus branch in January. Students and staff have until the end of January to turn in their old […]

Police used social media, in this case Twitter, to identify a person who stole a student’s Oklahoma State University ID card and used it to buy books at the bookstore. The thief then resold the books for cash. According to a university spokesperson, police had security camera footage of the suspect but could not identify […]