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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Tallahassee-based Florida A&M University and campus card service provider CardSmith have announced plans to upgrade the university’s multi-functional Rattler Card program. The new Rattler Card will feature Rattler Bucks, a prepaid spending account offering FAMU’s more than 13,000 students cashless access to an expanded range of campus facilities and services including the bookstore, dining venues, mobile payments, campus offices and off-campus merchants. read more »A new partnership between Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minn. and U.S. Bank will enable the school to offer enhanced banking services to its students, faculty and staff through the school’s campus ID card. read more »Social Security numbers and credit card information of 2,818 users of a University of Maine computer server may have fallen into the hands of hackers, according to university officials. read more »Tom Bell offers expertise to campus card directors Paraphrasing a famous comedian, Tom Bell says that campus card programs ‘get no respect.’ This is despite the fact that if a school’s card program were suddenly to go away, he believes the university would practically shut down. read more »Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, has partnered with the Discover Money Network to enable students to open an account with the university’s Student Account Services. It would be separate from their school account and can be used anywhere Discover cards are accepted. read more »U.S. Bank and Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., have launched a combined campus ID and prepaid MasterCard program for the school’s 78,000 students and 788 staff members. read more » |
