Campus Card Business Forecasts
"Better To Focus ... On Where The Puck Is Headed."
Wayne Gretzky
Campus Card Business Forecasts
Published by
Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor-Independent
Campus Card Business Consultant
Campus Card Business Forecast
2018
Prediction #1 – Mobile Becomes Primary Enterprise Credential
With TSA adoption of mobile identification, food contractor mobile payments, and "geo-fencing" for mobile door access, campuses will transition to virtual student credentials and enterprise mobile privileges for increased security, institution cost savings, and great student satisfaction over the next five years.
Campus Card Technology Evolution Chart
1960-2020
The Illustrated Story Of How Campus Card Technology Has Evolved Over The Past 50 Years ...
Campus Card Business Forecast
2016
Prediction #1 – Smartphones Become New Campus Card
For students of all ages, their smartphone is their best technological friend. Students lose their keys, cards or wallet, but they always have their phone by their side - or in their hand.
Campus Card Business Forecast
2013
by Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor-Independent
Campus Card Industry Business Consultant
ROBERT HUBER ASSOCIATES
Prediction #1 – Students Dominate Market Technology
Smartphone and Mobile Device enabled campus card system transactions will exceed traditional plastic card transactions within the next 3-5 years.
Campus Card Business Forecast
2010
by Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor-Independent
Campus Card Industry Business Consultant
ROBERT HUBER ASSOCIATES
Prediction #1 – Contactless Becomes Preferred Campus Card Technology
After magnetic stripes have dominated campus card systems for 40 years, advanced "contactless" smart chip technology (high frequency 13.56 MHz) rapidly ascends as the preferred identity and reader technology ...
Campus Card Business Forecast
2006
by Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor-Independent
Campus Card Industry Business Consultant
ROBERT HUBER ASSOCIATES
Prediction #1 - Off-Campus Merchants Expand Revenue Opportunities
In just four years (2010), 50% of all campus card systems will include at least several off-campus merchant applications; Off-campus "marketing partners" will surpass all banking relationships within three years, secondly only to "self-op" management of off-campus merchant applications ...
Campus Card Business Forecast
1998
by Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM
Vendor-Independent
Campus Card Industry Business Consultant
ROBERT HUBER ASSOCIATES
Prediction #1 - Fewer Private Companies
In the shadow of campus card company takeovers, it is not inconceivable that at least one of the remaining firms might be sold in the future as retirement begins to loom on the horizon of owners. Wall Street reminds us that everything is for sale, and every stockholder has their price ...
Publisher
Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM, President & Senior Consultant of Robert Huber Associates, is a "Vendor Independent" Campus Card Business Consultant, certified business and marketing consultant, card technology expert, implementation strategist, Hall of Fame recipient, college business instructor, publisher of the "Campus Card Business Forecast", author, entrepreneur, visionary, trusted media resource and frequent speaker at business conferences throughout North America.
Since developing the "All-Campus Card" concept in 1985, he has implemented over 200 debit card, door and parking access control, meal plan, food production, and point-of-sale systems at over 200 colleges, universities, hospitals and corporations.
Innovations
Robert C. Huber, CMC, CPCM, has been an industry pioneer, historian, forecaster, media resource, and campus card industry leader since 1982 and directly responsible for many campus card industry innovations:
1982 - Introduction of the first campus cards with High Coercivity magnetic stripes (non-eraseable).
1985 - Development of the "All-Campus Card" concept at Duke University.
1986 - Development and issuance of more durable "4-Year Campus Cards".
1990 - Installation of the first "smart card" credentials and systems on three college campuses (simultaneously).
Continued ...
ROBERT HUBER ASSOCIATES
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