Towson University, Maryland’s second largest, will by the end of the month allow its students to use their campus cards for off-campus purchases, according to the school’s independent student newspaper, The Towerlight. The university began implementation for the move off campus last fall but needed to work out electronic and banking issues, the newspaper reported. Off Campus Advantage, a subsidiary of the college’s campus card supplier, CBORD, is handling the new program. Two restaurants have already signed up. Read more here. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
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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. read more »As part of its upgrade of services, the University of Salford Manchester, UK will issue a new all-in-one, electronic ID card. The new single card will replace the previous installment which required students to carry two, sometimes three, different types of cards. read more »A state audit found that personal and financial information for students considering attending the University of Maryland were stored on publicly accessible servers that could make students easy prey to ID thieves. read more »The OneCard from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, can now be used at three off-campus restaurants with more merchants set to join. “It’s a project we’ve been working on for some time now and its finally coming to fruition,” said OneCard Coordinator Chris Bird. read more »Florida students have more payment options thanks to wireless WaveRiders A new laundry payment and management system at the University of Florida accepts the GatorOne campus ID card as well as credit and debit cards. read more »Fox News Business has taken a look at university IDs that also double as prepaid cards. Fox dubs the prepaid aspect as “the latest twist on a long tradition of college campus ID cards serving a dual financial purpose.” read more » |
