For many colleges and universities, the student ID is central to making purchases on and off campus. But what happens when a new payment method enters the fray? The digital currency known as Bitcoin has been making headlines for several...
Most campuses find it necessary to accept a mix of payment options, including open-loop credit and debit cards. But while open-loop payments might have once only been accepted at the bookstore for major purchases, they are now accepted at an...
The student ID is a great way to pay for that late night snack or last-minute print job from the computer lab, as long as there are funds in the account. But when it runs dry, there had better be...
Vending is one of the many valuable uses for a campus card, but it's an oft-overlooked service. Heartland's Fred Emery highlights just how valuable on-campus vending can be when it taps into a university's campus OneCard.
Under pending new rules from the Department of Education, campuses may have to curb the outsourcing of financial aid disbursement, as well as the provision of financial accounts and payment cards to students. For hundreds of campuses and millions of...
In a partnership with major campus card vendors, Apriva's hardware and payment gateway now supports cashless vending payments with student ID cards. The announcement comes after Apriva completed a vertical integration of its payment hardware and cashless payment gateway.
With the EMV liability shift looming, college campuses are having to come to grips with EMV. Nothing new to the rest of the world, EMV has yet to take root in the US, but that's all about to change. The...
Prepaid debit functionality is a common feature on student ID cards, and allows parents to provide their student with the funds necessary to survive away from home. But according to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study, of the top...
Heartland Payment Systems announced its acquisition of TouchNet, an integrated commerce solutions provider to higher-education institutions this past summer. Now, Heartland Campus Solutions' vice president of OneCard sales, Fred Emery explains how the acquisition will benefit Heartland's OneCard services.
For many universities, managing student transactions can be a bear. Between numerous campus departments, account types and maybe even a dated card system, the daily task of reconciling student purchases can be an undertaking. New transaction systems and account management...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
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