Credential management systems provider, BadgePass, Inc. has announced a strategic merger with Data Equipment, Inc. effective immediately. The addition of the Data Equipment team represents the sixth merger or acquisition in four years and expands the company’s footprint and service coverage to fourteen states.

Tufts University Dining Services is considering a consolidation of the university’s JumboCash and Rhino Bucks cashless accounts into a unified system that supports both currencies on a single card. At present, JumboCash and Rhino Bucks are stored on separate cards issued to students and the move would see the Tufts ID and the Rhino Card combined under a single student credential.

Whether out of habit or sentimentality, many people continue to carry their student ID card with them long after their time on campus as student has expired. But could a credential that no longer carries its original functionality do more than just evoke old memories? That was the question posed in our 2015 coverage of the topic that looked at some of the tangible benefits that an alumni credential could provide.

HID Global has revealed its new retransfer printer that features record new issuance speeds. The HID FARGO HDP6600 High Definition Printer/Encoder halves the time it takes to print the first ID card, while doubling overall throughput as compared to other printer alternatives.

The latest installment in NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series offers a crash course in card numbering schemes. Hear from Nathan Gray, Systems Administrator, Card Service, James Madison University, as he discusses the history of card numbering, some of the common schemes and the reasoning behind them.

News of Apple devices now supporting mobile credentials on the iPhone and Watch has turned quite a few heads. Now, a student government push at the University of Texas at Austin wants to bring mobile IDs to campus.

MyPhoto President, Alan Jacubenta, gives an in-depth description of the MyPhoto online photo submission solution. Hear about the features included in the solution and how campuses can utilize the service to greatly expedite card issuance.