Greater Access to Funds. Better Experience for Students.

Give your students immediate, secure, and fee-free access to funds with one-card convenience from a prepaid debit account.

With BlackboardPay, financial aid and student payroll funds are automatically delivered to the cardholder’s account. Funds can be easily accessed either at any of the 43,000 Allpoint® Network ATMs, America’s largest surcharge-free ATM network, or via checks that can be cashed for free at hundred of locations, including Walmart. The card can be used without PIN debit fees anywhere Discover® is accepted. Plus, BlackboardPay is a prepaid account, eliminating credit exposure and overdraft fees.

Secure, reliable, and cost-effective, BlackboardPay also offers students a convenient way to manage their money with online access and bill payment options.

Benefits

• Offer 100% electronic disbursements—faster and more secure than checks or ACH (Automated Clearing House) direct deposit
• Eliminate overdraft fees
• Decrease demand for book or other short-term loans at start of a semester
• Eliminate related trips to the Bursar’s Office and long lines
• Provide a powerful and flexible banking alternative for students without bank accounts

Features

• No minimum balance or monthly service fee
• Funds can be loaded by the university, employer, cardholder or cardholder’s parents
• Broad access to funds via Allpoint Network ATMs
• Can be used everywhere Discover® cards are accepted
• Account checks can be cashed for free at Walmart™
• All funds are FDIC insured