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Loyola Marymount Univ. making gym access easy

Friday, October 8, 2004

This Los Angeles university is in the process of spending $4,000 to input a biometric thumb-reader in their rec center. Targeting the students who have forgetten their OneCards, it is both a convenience for the students and an aid in the prevention of non-members getting into the facility without an ID card. Click here to read the article. [end] 

PNC Bank and Loyola University Chicago have teamed together to provide personal financial services to the university’s nearly 16,000 students, faculty and staff.

As part of the new campus banking relationship, PNC will host financial literacy workshops for Loyola students and staff, covering topics ranging from basic banking to credit management and identity protection, savings and investing, as well as home buying.

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Obtaining fake IDs, such as driver licenses, is becoming harder for college students. Not only must they deal with local law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security can also get involved.

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South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) has added a new feature to its mobile app that enables users to make peer-to-peer payments via GPS technology.

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Data input technology company Access IS has become a strategic partner with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) so that it can help develop a standard to enable the airline industry to adopt NFC technology for secure, efficient passenger processing.

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The University of Toronto’s Prop-ID research team has developed a new mobile app designed to help users maintain control of their personal information as they make mobile transactions, according to Global Montreal.

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The CBORD Group rolled out GET Funds, an online and mobile commerce software application that puts account information in the hands of students wherever mobile smart phone services are available.

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