Northwest receives U.S. Bank partnership award

Northwest has received U.S. Bank’s Top Campus Bank Partnership award, which recognizes the high number of University students who activate their Bearcat IDs for use as USB debit cards.

Director of Auxiliary Services Mark Hetzler said that as of December 2007 nearly 81 percent of all Northwest students had chosen the Bearcat Card/U.S. Bank option, which allows them to use their University ID as an ATM or point-of-service debit card virtually anywhere in the world.

Hetzler said the program began in January 2003 after “years of answering questions from parents” about checking account options available to new students. He said that since U.S. Bank submitted its successful bid for providing the service, student participation has grown by more than 13 percent a year.

The award means that Northwest has the highest percentage of student participation among 39 colleges and universities nationwide that have formed card or branch partnerships with the Minneapolis-based bank.

Services provided to students who open a U.S. Bank account and activate their Bearcat Cards include:

Free U.S. Bank ATM transactions. Campus ATMs are located in the J.W. Jones Student Union and at The Station.
No minimum balance.
No monthly maintenance fee.
Unlimited check writing.
Free first order of Bearcat checks.
Free Internet banking, including electronic bill paying.
The ability to transfer money from U.S. Bank accounts to Bobby Bucks accounts.

For more information, please contact:

Anthony Brown,
News Bureau Manager
E-Mail: abrown@nwmissouri.edu
Phone: 660.562.1704
Fax: 660.562.1900

Northwest Missouri State University
219 Administration Building,
800 University Drive
Maryville, MO 64468

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