Manual Processes can cause friction for time-saving programs
June 15, 2021 00We’ve been writing about “Friction” in campus processes for the past weeks. Posts One , Two, Three, Four and Five We’ve described many of the problems […]
Don’t let Friction slow your success (aka Embrace the Mavericks.) Friction Series Part Five
June 10, 2021 00This is part five of our “Friction” series. See Parts One , Two, Three and Four . Why has Inclusive Access grown so fast? The answer […]
Friction Makes Campus Staff Even Busier (Friction Series Part Four)
June 2, 2021 00In the last post, we wrote about how friction can land heavily on the Campus Store and students with manual work and special processes. This post […]
Friction Makes the Campus Store Less Productive (Friction Series Part Three)
May 10, 2021 00This is part three of our “Friction” series. Check out Parts One and Two to catch up. Smooth For most students, the process of purchasing course […]
Problems Paying for Course Materials and Other Expenses: A Burden on Student Success (Friction Series Part Two)
May 5, 2021 01This is part two of our “Friction” series. Check out Parts One to catch up. Many students struggle to get the course materials they need when […]
The Scoop On Payment Friction: What Is It and How Can You Reduce It? (Friction Series Part One)
April 22, 2021 01We thought: how can we inform more institutions about both the challenges and opportunities of matching available student funds to their eligible purchases? What’s a good […]
Resources for Student Success
March 12, 2021 00Student success: it means a number of different things to different people. When we talk about student success, we want to go beyond academic success–the simple […]
Sponsored Account Management (SAM) maximizes student success
February 20, 2021 00SAM and campus impacts We wrote in a previous post about Sponsored Account Management (SAM) and how it eases the burden for managing student funds at […]
SIS interfaces – a brief technical overview
February 15, 2021 00We’ve previously written about how our WPS STEP platform makes connections between campus sellers and campus systems. The most common systems we interface with are Student […]
Bursar Billing Solutions are not just about Financial Aid any more
February 9, 2021 01Bursar Billing? The origins of the name We frequently get asked if our services enable billing to Student Accounts including Financial Aid. It does, of course. […]
Cal Poly Pomona Partners with WPS and Verba VitalSource to Fuel Dramatic Digital Growth During Covid-19 Pandemic
February 4, 2021 03Amidst the countless challenges posed by Covid-19, universities and institutions needed to shift to the digital world. Cal Poly Pomona transferred a sizable part of their […]
Sponsored Accounts Management (SAM) Makes it Easier for the Campus Store to Administer Aid for Students
January 11, 2021 11Facebook Twitter Linkedin Managing third-party sponsors can require substantial manual work for the campus store Sometimes there is a process impacting a select group of students […]
HECVAT: a powerful tool to assess the security chops of your prospective vendors
January 4, 2021 01Let’s talk HECVAT It seems relevant to talk about security, especially in times when the giant and ever-broadening hack of our nation’s networks is beginning to actively […]
Watchman helps you deliver Inclusive Access benefits with easy Automated IA Billing
December 29, 20201Watchman helps deliver Inclusive Access benefits with easy Automated IA Billing
WPS Launches STEP to make campus transactions easier
December 22, 2020 01STEP, the Student Education Payments Platform
Our Mission: Simple, Easy, and Stigma-Free Campus Transactions
Website Content PAN Attack
March 1, 2019 00Avoiding attacks on credit card information on your e-commerce site