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Cash "off campus"
Whether in Schools, Colleges or Universities, 'cash off campus' is becoming increasingly important. In education sQuid brings the power of modern IP systems to deliver efficient payments, settlement and integration with the back office, combined with a great user experience.

Who we work with
We work with major equipment and service suppliers to deliver our fast, flexible and secure payments solution. These include EPoS systems, smart card and biometric suppliers, catering service operators, accounts software providers, as well as local Councils and Transit operators.

sQuid can be used for numerous applications:-
- cashless catering
- administering free school meals
- in canteen
- library facilities; loans, fines, etc.
- gym membership or sessions
- parking
- photo copying
- access permissions
- vending
- courses and field trips.

Now the clever bit…
• sQuid is fast and user friendly
• sQuid is secure for everybody
• sQuid reduces administration costs
• Simple effective settlements
• Reduced or eliminated cash handling
• Seamless reconciliation with back office
• Better communications with parent for payment administration
• sQuid can be topped up online and friends and family can top up a students account too

Registered card holders can check their balance, view their transactions and top-up their cards online, making sQuid an invaluable tool for budgeting.

Students can be safe in the knowledge that they can’t spend what they don’t have, sQuid is not a bank and users can’t run up debts on their card.

The students money is secure, if they lose their card it can be blocked and their credit reapplied to a new one. 

Transactions are fast – sQuidcard means customers always have the correct change and there’s no chip and PIN.

sQuidcard uses end-to-end security encryption and full fraud protection. All funds are held in a trust account and the scheme operates under FSA eMoney regulations.