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TouchNet thought leaders report on industry topics that span the commerce and payment industry spectrum. Insight you can use on the subjects that are making news ... or soon will be!
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Feeling Unsettled? Regain Control With Direct Settlement Reduce Risk, Gain Fiduciary Peace of Mind By Eliminating the Middleman Back in the dark days of late 2008 and early 2009, it seemed no financial institution was immune to the toxic turn of events and, for a time, neither was any business. We’ve come a long way since then, but the questions still remain: Where was your college or university’s money, and was it safe? What about money collected by a vendor on your behalf? |
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Consolidating Campus Commerce Is All in the Cards PCI Deadline a Catalyst for Building a Better Campus Business Card-based transactions aren't going away. They only promise to proliferate. The technology used to manage them never stops evolving, nor does the sophistication of criminals trying to penetrate it. In the ongoing effort to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) has developed a new set of security standards to safeguard processing systems and the cardholder data they generate. |
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A Tale of Two Refunds Refunds Solutions Should Be Simple for Everyone. Why Complicate Them for Students? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." Charles Dickens penned the opening lines of "A Tale of Two Cities" to describe French Revolutionary times, but they could easily apply to the modern world of student refunds. Or, more specifically, to two of the primary alternatives to paper checks. One is simple, secure and smart. The other can be convoluted, controversial and painful for students. |
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Remember the Lifetime Value of a Student - and Handle With Care Campus Commerce Can Help it or Hurt it, So Choose Vendors Wisely According to Forrester Research, customer relationship management (CRM) is an $11 billion industry. Higher Education knows this and is investing in CRM like never before. Some institutions, however, might not think twice about giving away their CRM data. Some vendors want a piece of that lifetime value, and not necessarily with a school's best interests in mind. Choose them with caution. |
White Papers
TouchNet thought leaders report on industry topics that span the commerce and payment industry spectrum. Insight you can use on the subjects that are making news ... or soon will be!
| Read Download |
Feeling Unsettled? Regain Control With Direct Settlement Reduce Risk, Gain Fiduciary Peace of Mind By Eliminating the Middleman Back in the dark days of late 2008 and early 2009, it seemed no financial institution was immune to the toxic turn of events and, for a time, neither was any business. We’ve come a long way since then, but the questions still remain: Where was your college or university’s money, and was it safe? What about money collected by a vendor on your behalf? |
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Consolidating Campus Commerce Is All in the Cards PCI Deadline a Catalyst for Building a Better Campus Business Card-based transactions aren't going away. They only promise to proliferate. The technology used to manage them never stops evolving, nor does the sophistication of criminals trying to penetrate it. In the ongoing effort to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) has developed a new set of security standards to safeguard processing systems and the cardholder data they generate. |
| Read Download |
A Tale of Two Refunds Refunds Solutions Should Be Simple for Everyone. Why Complicate Them for Students? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness." Charles Dickens penned the opening lines of "A Tale of Two Cities" to describe French Revolutionary times, but they could easily apply to the modern world of student refunds. Or, more specifically, to two of the primary alternatives to paper checks. One is simple, secure and smart. The other can be convoluted, controversial and painful for students. |
| Read Download |
Remember the Lifetime Value of a Student - and Handle With Care Campus Commerce Can Help it or Hurt it, So Choose Vendors Wisely According to Forrester Research, customer relationship management (CRM) is an $11 billion industry. Higher Education knows this and is investing in CRM like never before. Some institutions, however, might not think twice about giving away their CRM data. Some vendors want a piece of that lifetime value, and not necessarily with a school's best interests in mind. Choose them with caution. |