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US college extends eMoney card scheme
3 Aug 2009

Brigham Young University in Idaho is extending its existing I-Card eMoney card scheme for cashless payments, reports RFID Journal.

The eMoney card allows small-value purchases to be made by students of the educational institution without the need for cash - and without a pin.

Purchases of up to $20 to $30 (£12 to £18) do not require any additional security verification, with a password used for higher-value transactions.

The I-Card system is currently being used in the campus bookstore, allowing students to pay for books using funds deposited into an account set up specifically for use with the eCash card.

In the UK, a number of schools and colleges are using the sQuid eMoney system to pay for school dinners as part of the rollout of cashless catering.

St. Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge is among these and has seen transactions become faster to process and uptake of its meals increase since the introduction of contactless sQuid smart cards among its students.