iPhone app, off-campus payments take DukeCard to the streets Duke University students have been using mobile devices to check their DukeCard account balances for years, but a newly launched iPhone application simplifies access to the card program’s site and makes...
Launching a brand new campus card program isn’t as easy as signing a contract and cutting a check. There are many steps a schools needs to go through before they even choose a vendor. CR80News asked questions to campus card...
Campus cards with debit functionality are catching on among universities, according to this article in Nebraska’s Lexington Clipper-Herald, which calls the card “a must-have accessory.” About 2,000 U.S. campuses now issue such cards, which can be used to purchase books,...
Students at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, can now use their campus cards to pay for on-campus parking by simply swiping their cards at designated meters. “We are providing as many payment options as possible to our students to increase convenience,”...
Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., students wanted a bike sharing program, an environmentally friendly transportation alternative, on their campus. These increasingly popular programs place a fleet of bikes in a defined geographic area–an urban location, corporate center or a campus–that...
Rapid rollout on Boston campus By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, AVISIAN Publications Re-carding a college, even one with just 4,200 students, doesn’t come easy. When those cards feature a new technology and the time line is short, a lot of...
Colorado State University is making on-campus luxuries like dining and laundry services more accessible to non-CSU students with the introduction of RamCash Express, reports to a campus student newspaper. The RamCash Express card enables off-campus, non-CSU students to pre-load money...
Higher One, provider of financial solutions to education institutions, has made a deal with Portland State University and Southern Oregon University to do away with some of its fees, according to a columnist at The Oregonian. When the universities’ Higher...
Loyola University Chicago is making plans to expand its Rambler Bucks program to include off-campus businesses, according to the Loyola Phoenix. Currently, the Rambler Bucks program, which turns a student’s campus card into a prepaid debit card, can only be...
Three Auburn University students aren’t thrilled with the school’s mandatory meal plan. They’re so “not thrilled” that they’ve filed suit against the university, claiming the plan violates restraint of trade and Alabama law. The lawsuit claims that the University’s policy...
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Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
