RegardingID Archive | Maryland university looks at taking campus card off-campus

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Some students at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md., are investigating being able to use their Mount campus card off campus. According to a survey of the non-profit Students for Free Enterprise, students spend about a million dollars off campus. The same survey showed students are interested in such a program.

The team has looked at several options, including making the Mount card a debit card through PNC Bank. If agreed to by the university, it would take about five months to implement. That includes re-carding the campus.

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.

U.S. Bank rolls out campus ID, prepaid MasterCard at Michigan community college

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.

Saint Joseph’s University to launch new Hawk Card program

Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and campus card service provider CardSmith have announced plans for an expansion and upgrade to the school’s campus ID card program.

Campus card 'evangelist' strikes out on his own

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.

Arkansas State teams with Discover for new campus ID

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.

Computer server at University of Maine hacked

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.

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Maryland university looks at taking campus card off-campus