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Can Campus Dining Graduate To Safer, Swifter Payments?
Mobile Order Ahead // November 27, 2018

Offering mobile order-ahead on college campuses takes more than just a great app and meal plan payments — it also requires tight security, says John Diaz, Blackboard’s VP of retail solutions product management. In PYMNTS’ latest Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker, Diaz explains how Blackboard is using...

High (Payments) Tech Comes To Higher Ed
Mobile Commerce // October 29, 2015

Lucova has successfully launched the first “Pay with Your Selfie” mobile payments platform – which lets customers (literally) pay with a smile. Here’s how the firm is bringing high tech to higher education, changing the face of pizza runs and all-night cramming forever.

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College Payments Co UMB Blackboard Transact Could Sell For $720M

February 13, 2019
Providence Equity Partners is reportedly looking at takeover offers for UMB Blackboard Transact, a campus-focused payments company that could sell for around $720 million. According to Bloomberg, Blackboard Transact is a unit of UMB Blackboard Inc., an education software company that has been struggling with debt after some of its major clients, such as Cornell […]