Anyone entering into the Duke University community is issued their own Duke Unique ID number. The university has been issuing the seven-digit number and printing them on the back of every Duke Card since the early 90s, and now the program in nearing a milestone: the one-millionth number.

Grand Rapids Community College has upgraded its RaiderCard, going contactless for a wide range of on-campus transactions. The changeover officially began December 17, with all students and employees now required to have the new, contactless RaiderCard as part of the college’s ongoing commitment to campus safety.

The Identification Systems Group has announced a new partnership with mobile credential solutions provider Safetrust. The partnership will now offer both door and logical access control solutions via mobile credential management to ISG members in the US and Canada.

University card offices are increasingly being tasked with meeting the contemporary student’s expectations and desired campus experience. To better characterize this, card system vendor, CBORD, hired a research firm this past fall and conducted a survey centered around campus card programs and auxiliary services that offers some interesting insights into the student experience and the contributing factors that help to shape it.

The number of universities adopting advanced card technologies is growing at a rapid rate, and for good reason. Yet campuses still issue mag stripe cards. In our coverage from 2014 ColorID’s corporate marketing manager, Mark Degan, offered his insights into the world of the mag stripe, detailing how and why the old guard of ID card technologies is still being used on campus decades after its invention.

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.

From coin to paper, paper to card, and now card to mobile, payment processors and consumers alike have seen dramatic changes in the way money is spent. But the trick has been keeping up with customer expectation. A recent Forbes writeup offers some considerations that could help businesses keep pace with their customers without unnecessarily increasing risk.

The latest installment in NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series delves into the key differences between open and closed loop payment systems. In the video, Mercer University’s Ken Boyer explains the characteristics of both open and closed loop systems, and what a campus should typically consider when making decisions regarding its payment environment.