Higher
One to Provide Comprehensive Refund Management Services That Reduce Costs
and Increase Student Services
NEW
HAVEN, CT, August 29, 2005 – Higher One, a leading provider of customized
financial services dedicated exclusively to the higher education market, today
announced that four campuses within the Texas State Technical College system and
Texas Woman’s University (Denton, TX) have signed on to use Higher One’s
OneDisburse SM
Refund Management Service. The
program will enable the universities to save substantial costs and
increase service by having Higher One handle all refund disbursements, related
exception handling and customer service. Both
universities will implement the program through a new co-branded “refund
card,” which will also provide students with use of a free FDIC
insured checking account called the OneAccount.
“We
are thrilled to sign on Texas Woman’s University and four campuses within the
The
Higher
One’s OneDisburse SM Refund Management Service is more than just
payments; it streamlines the entire disbursement process. OneDisburse includes
the handling of all disbursements, customer service, exception handling,
reconciliation and other time consuming functions – eliminating many costs
associated with refund delivery for the school and increasing customer service
for students. Higher One’s service is the only comprehensive refund management
solution available today and features no setup costs, minimum involvement with
schools’ IT systems, and a unique revenue-sharing benefit for the school. With
OneDisburse students can choose any of three options to receive financial aid
and other refunds: direct deposit to the free OneAccount checking account, ACH
to another bank checking account, or a paper check. No matter which method the
student uses, Higher One handles the entire process, making the payment and
managing any associated exceptions or customer service needs.
Higher
One provides every client with program management to ease the setup process.
Once up and running, Higher One services including the management of student
refund preferences; collection and archiving of ACH authorization forms;
exception handling; refund returns; rerouting of checks; refund reversals;
reconciliation and archiving; customer service; and online reporting of refund
statuses.
Higher
One offers two versions of its service: OneDisburse
ID SM and OneDisburse
Non ID SM. OneDisburse ID is a refund management program
that is provided with a card that also serves as the Campus ID. The program is
fully integrated with the campus card system. OneDisburse Non ID
is a refund management program that is provided with a co-branded
"refund card" that is not integrated with the ID card system.
OneDisburse is available to smaller institutions - 5,000 students or fewer -
through the non-co-branded "Easy Refund Card" platform.
Higher
One has been providing Refund Management services to colleges and universities
across the
More
than 31 Colleges and Universities across the country have signed with Higher One
to use the company’s Refund Management Services. Since September 2002,
Higher One has helped its clients disburse almost $700 Million dollars through
more than 475,000 individual payments.
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Focused
exclusively on higher education, Higher One
provides refund management services to higher education institutions and banking
services to members of their community through a card based solution. Higher
One's integrated solution helps universities reduce administrative
costs, streamline business processes, create new revenue streams, increase
student customer service and strengthen the campus community. Higher
One's refund service, OneDisburse,
provides students with more choice and better service for receiving financial
refunds. Higher One also offers a suite of banking services called OneFinance,
which includes the OneAccount, a
no minimum balance, no monthly fee checking account, the OneCard, a Debit
MasterCard® card for ATM withdrawals and purchases, and exclusive features such
as "Send Money", Easy Refund, and Campus Autoload for stored value
programs. The OneFinance
and OneDisburse
solutions can be integrated with the institution's ID card or provided through a
separate "refund only" card.
To
date, Higher One has
has helped its clients disburse almost $700 Million dollars through more than
475,000 individual payments. More than 250,000
students, faculty, and staff at distinguished public and private universities
use Higher One's services through
their ID or refund card. www.higherone.com.