Validating people, not plastic, sounds good on paper and is, in fact, one of the reasons cited by some colleges and universities for controlling building access-primarily dorms, or sororities/fraternities-with biometric hand readers. Johnson and Wales (JWU), in Denver, Colorado,...
The University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando doesn’t have a fancy name for its smart card. “We just call it the UCF Card,” says the University’s Card Services Manager, Tammy Kidder. No matter. It’s not the name that counts,...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (Sept. 10, 2003) – Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., has chosen U.S. Bank to be its bank partner for the school’s multi-use identification card. The identification card already allows Ouachita’s students, faculty and staff members to use...
“One of these days the feds are going to shut you down because that online card system you are using doesn’t follow Reg E.” Comments by the Cynic “Reg E doesn’t apply to your online system at all—your campus is...
Should universities be required to offer their smart card programs to off-campus vendors? At least one legislator in Ohio and the 40 cosponsors of his bill think the answer is “yes.” Under the guise of unfair competition, Rep. Shawn Webster...
While the Ohio staff did an admirable job attempting to provide background on the campus card industry, they were certainly hampered by a lack of historical context of the campus card market. Ohio State’s BuckID program is one of the...
CR80News was a cosponsor once again for the Advanced Cards Seminar put on by NACAS and NACCU in May. I participated in several sessions and panel discussions and had a great opportunity to take the temperature of many campus card...
Don’t think students eat a lot? Implement an off-campus debit card program which allows you to track their purchases, and you’ll quickly see that they do. At least that’s what Ohio State University has discovered. But the university’s first step...
As detailed above, the BuckID program has been very successful. But with success also comes potential regulations. One Ohio legislator, Rep. Shawn Webster, wants to pass a law requiring any state university offering the off-campus debit cards to make it...
More than 80,000 cards have been issued since the University of Waterloo (UW) initiated its WatCard program in 1993. Since then, a string of successful system additions–including the current rollout of the card within the public transportation system–has kept the...
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Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
