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NACCU office up and running in Phoenix

Tuesday, September 7, 2004

The National Association of Campus Card Users has officially re-established its national office in Phoenix, AZ. New executive director, Lowell Adkins, successfully opened the new doors last month and has hired a new business manager for the association. Congrats to Lowell and the NACCU board on the successful transition and welcome to the new staff.


From the NACCU National Office:

The NACCU national office officially moved to its new location in Phoenix, Arizona, effective August 1, 2004.

From October 2000 until this recent move, the national office was based in Troy, Alabama. NACCU was founded in 1993. For the first couple of years of its history, it was based in Baltimore, Maryland and later it was headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

NACCU Executive Director Lowell Adkins is still in the process of working though the logistics involved with moving the national office. However, Adkins stated he and the national staff are dedicated to assuring a smooth transition and that the membership will continue to receive top-notch customer service. “I would ask for the understanding – and patience – of our members as we get our processes and procedures re-established in our new home,” said Adkins. “But, please let me know if you need our help – our goal of providing you with excellent customer service has not changed!”

Jenny Weisman, a former business owner who also has experience working with non-profit organizations, will serve as NACCU’s Business Manager in Phoenix. Adkins also said he will fill the Publications Editor position very soon. Adkins thanked the NACCU Board of Directors for their leadership and help during the move. “I want to express my appreciation to our Board of Directors for providing the leadership to set this process in motion – and for their continuing support to the staff,” he said. “This is a major milestone in the life of the Association. We all believe the organization will be the better for it.”

For more than a decade, NACCU has been a responsive, diversified source of campus card related information and services. NACCU membership is open to all colleges, universities, secondary institutions and companies that are involved with the campus card market. Since its inception NACCU has grown to include more than 460 Institutional members and over 80 Corporate Associate members throughout higher education and in various business sectors. [end] 

HID Global has announced the successful completion of the world’s first university pilot of NFC smart phones carrying digital keys.

First announced in September, the pilot involved a select group of students and staff at Arizona State University using NFC-enabled smart phones equipped with HID’s Secure Identity Object (SIO) Technology. Participants could gain access to their residence halls and other secure access areas by tapping their handset against a reader embedded in the door and entering a PIN, rather than use their plastic campus card.

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The Peninsula Taxi Association (PTA) in South Africa has launched a electronic fare collection system, granting commuters cashless fare and discounts when using the newly developed contactless-enabled transit card, according to The Cape Times.

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Cubic Transportation Systems, distributor of the electronic transit Clipper card, has responded to the recent news of a Ph.D. student in IT Security allegedly breaking the encryption in Clipper and similar transit cards.

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Office Depot has joined Home Depot as the second U.S. retailer to test PayPal’s point of sale payments solution, according to TG Daily.

Customers at select Office Depot stores can now make payments directly from their PayPal balance by simply punching in their mobile phone number and PayPal PIN. The solution requires only a software update at the point of sale for the merchant, and customers do not need to use a payment card, contactless fob or NFC-enabled phone to make a transaction.

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XING has announced that the newest version of its Android mobile app now contains support for NFC.

XING’s 11 million members can now exchange contact information wirelessly through a new feature called “XING Beam.” According to XING, the feature is activated when two XING members call up their profile on their NFC-enabled Android device and then hold the two devices next to each other.

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Dates: April 22-25, 2012

Location: Seattle, Wash.

Venue: Sheraton Seattle

URL: http://www.naccu.org/2012/

Description: Details to come.  

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