Researchers lump products, providers together missing the mark By Jill Jaracz, Contributing Editor, AVISIAN Publications As campuses have embraced electronic distribution of financial aid and banking services tied to campus cards, have students been forced to pay more for the convenience? The U.S. PIRG Education Fund says ‘yes,’ suggesting that college students have been unfairly […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the fall 2011 issue of CR80News. The interactive feature allows for a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were sitting in front of you. […]

Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth, Minn. has launched a new official campus ID dubbed the LSCPlus Card, an all-in-one swipeable card for students. The LSCPlus Card will work similar to a debit card, storing any remaining student loan balances and work study, student employment payments. The new cards will also be used for access […]

American Express announced the launch of the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Osprey 1Card, with American Express prepaid functionality embedded in the card. Earlier this year, American Express announced a partnership with campus card service provider CardSmith. The Osprey 1Card is powered by CardSmith’s campus solution services. The reloadable prepaid card allows students their ID […]

The Cedarville University located in Dayton, Ohio has teamed up with Fifth Third Bank to offer students, faculty and staff a combined campus ID and debit card, according to the Dayton Business Journal. The new “cedarville1card” enables university cardholders access to campus facilities, meal plans and scanning into chapel. In addition, cardholders can link their […]

Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. and Salt Lake Community College are the latest to sign on for Blackboard Pay, the prepaid card program that enables institutions to disburse financial aid and student payroll to the campus ID card. According to Campus Technology, both institutions deployed the Blackboard application four months back in order to streamline […]

Financial aid refund systems have been a hot topic the past year. The conversation has focused around the fees these programs charge students and whether they leave them more in debt than necessary after they leave school. The Washington Post, syndicated radio shows and numerous other publications have called out these programs with claims they […]

Blackboard announced that more than 120,000 students are participating in BlackboardPay, the company’s prepaid card program which enable institutions to disburse financial aid and student payroll to the campus ID card. BlackboardPay eliminates an estimated $2 million per year in student overdraft and PIN debit fees based on average fees for the total number of […]

Gordon College, located in Barnesville, Ga., announced that it has renewed its contract with Higher One for its technology and payment services. With an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students, Gordon College campus will continue to utilize Higher One’s OneDisburse Refund Management funds disbursement service to simplify the refund process, for both administrators and students. Higher […]

Higher One Payments, a financial services company focused on higher education, has partnered with Adirondack Solutions at Ohio University in Athens to integrate Higher One’s CASHNet eMarket online payment portal with Adirondack’s Housing Director software that aids in the management of college and university residential housing. Through this partnership Adirondack will benefit from the PCI […]