Campus Commerce Goes Mobile, Empowering Students, Business Officers
Smartphone app accesses student accounts, enables purchases and payments, allows data monitoring from almost anywhere.
LENEXA, Kan. – Campus commerce has reached a new evolutionary stage, with many of the myriad capabilities of a modern digital system now available to both users and managers via their smartphones.
TouchNet Information Systems, Inc., the recognized leader in campus commerce technology, is rolling out a smartphone app that is compatible with most smartphone systems and networks.
The new U.Commerce Mobile app lets campus constituents make payments on student accounts, browse the mobile mall to order merchandise or register for events, and make donations—all from the convenience of their web-based phones.
The same system allows business officers and other administrators to access and monitor system data from remote locations via most web-based smartphone networks.
“This is campus commerce when and where you want it,” said Daniel J. Toughey, president of TouchNet. “Mobile capability is what today’s students expect, and what campus commerce professionals require. There is a clear need in the marketplace for this capability, and U.Commerce Mobile fills that need.”
TouchNet U.Commerce Mobile is a strategic element of TouchNet U.Commerce—the broadest spectrum of commerce management solutions available to higher education today. Like all U.Commerce products, U.Commerce Mobile is secure and assures compliance with regulations and industry standards.
U.Commerce Mobile includes the following modules:
- Mobile Dashboard
Provides administrators with a dashboard view of all payments across campus by date and time and capability to analyze historical data and payment trends by date range, review transaction activity by payment method, and view a graphical breakdown of payments by source.
- Mobile Marketplace
Allows students and parents to shop campus storefronts while on the go and make payments, including access to stored payment profiles; register for events or enroll in Continuing Education classes.
- Mobile Bill+Payment
Provides account balances and recent activity on demand. Users can review financial aid details, make payments with stored payment profiles, view scheduled payments and payment plan installments, and receive text alerts for new online statements, payment due dates and notices of refund availability.
About TouchNet Information Systems, Inc.
Since 1989, TouchNet Information Systems, Inc., based in Lenexa, Kan., has set the curve in technology, efficiency and trust. As leaders in campus e-commerce management, TouchNet helps colleges and universities around the world run campus business better. For more information, visit www.touchnet.com.
Campus Commerce Goes Mobile, Empowering Students, Business Officers
Smartphone app accesses student accounts, enables purchases and payments, allows data monitoring from almost anywhere.
LENEXA, Kan. – Campus commerce has reached a new evolutionary stage, with many of the myriad capabilities of a modern digital system now available to both users and managers via their smartphones.
TouchNet Information Systems, Inc., the recognized leader in campus commerce technology, is rolling out a smartphone app that is compatible with most smartphone systems and networks.
The new U.Commerce Mobile app lets campus constituents make payments on student accounts, browse the mobile mall to order merchandise or register for events, and make donations—all from the convenience of their web-based phones.
The same system allows business officers and other administrators to access and monitor system data from remote locations via most web-based smartphone networks.
“This is campus commerce when and where you want it,” said Daniel J. Toughey, president of TouchNet. “Mobile capability is what today’s students expect, and what campus commerce professionals require. There is a clear need in the marketplace for this capability, and U.Commerce Mobile fills that need.”
TouchNet U.Commerce Mobile is a strategic element of TouchNet U.Commerce—the broadest spectrum of commerce management solutions available to higher education today. Like all U.Commerce products, U.Commerce Mobile is secure and assures compliance with regulations and industry standards.
U.Commerce Mobile includes the following modules:
- Mobile Dashboard
Provides administrators with a dashboard view of all payments across campus by date and time and capability to analyze historical data and payment trends by date range, review transaction activity by payment method, and view a graphical breakdown of payments by source.
- Mobile Marketplace
Allows students and parents to shop campus storefronts while on the go and make payments, including access to stored payment profiles; register for events or enroll in Continuing Education classes.
- Mobile Bill+Payment
Provides account balances and recent activity on demand. Users can review financial aid details, make payments with stored payment profiles, view scheduled payments and payment plan installments, and receive text alerts for new online statements, payment due dates and notices of refund availability.
About TouchNet Information Systems, Inc.
Since 1989, TouchNet Information Systems, Inc., based in Lenexa, Kan., has set the curve in technology, efficiency and trust. As leaders in campus e-commerce management, TouchNet helps colleges and universities around the world run campus business better. For more information, visit www.touchnet.com.