Payment and secure mobile communications provider Apriva, has partnered with vending solutions provider Parlevel Systems to complete the integration of the Parlevel Micro Market solution to the Apriva payment gateway platform. The integration is set to provide secure cashless payments to Apriva resellers and self-service operators, while expanding cashless payment options to end users including college campuses with the inclusion of campus card support.

Johnson C. Smith University is looking into a potential rash of fraudulent purchases made using the campus card and student flex dollars. Flex dollars are used to make food purchases on campus and university officials suspect that both students and employees of food-service operator, Perkins Management Services, are involved.

The CalFresh Program is California’s branch of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Now at San Pablo, California’s Contra Costa College, questions have been raised by eligible members of the campus community as to why the CalFresh benefits are not accepted at certain locations.

Appetize’s cloud-based enterprise POS platform, is on over a dozen college campuses having recently added the University of Southern California, the University of North Carolina and Ole Miss. The point of sale technology company is looking to leverage mobile payments technology to provide a quicker, easier front end experience for students, and a robust backend suite for reporting, inventory and timekeeping.

Safran Identity & Security has recently completed a three-month pilot project that tested student use of wristband-based wearable payments at a university in Medellin, Colombia.

The University of Georgia Auxiliary Services is set to implement a new system starting next semester that will effectively kill the use of Bulldog Bucks at off-campus merchants. According to UGA Auxiliary Services, all local merchants currently participating in the off-campus program will no longer accept Bulldog Bucks effective May 31. The move will see UGA’s Bulldog Bucks revert to an exclusively on-campus program.

Laundry isn’t just one of the oldest student services but one of the earliest supported by the campus card. But as with everything else on campus, laundry services are subject to the changing tides of technology and evolving service models. Institutions are navigating how to best price laundry services and deploy new technologies like mobile apps. They are even reevaluating the future of the campus card in laundry facilities.