Higher Education Payment and Data Security

Comprehensive Payment and Data Security for Higher Education

Bluefin delivers leading-edge payment infrastructure for higher education, protecting payments, PII, and PHI across campus systems with security-first design and data devaluation.

Education Payment and Data Security

Higher Education Payment and Data Security

Comprehensive Payment and Data Security for Higher Education

Bluefin’s higher education solutions protect student and alumni payments, PII, and PHI across campus systems and channels – securing data wherever and however it’s being processed.

Retail Payment and Data Security

Three Solutions for Campuswide Payment and Data Protection

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PCI P2PE as a Service

Bluefin PCI-validated P2PE provided through partner acquirers, payment gateways, and SaaS platforms.

Decryptx®
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Tokenization as a Service

Vaultless PCI-compliant shared tokenization solution that protects payments, PII, PHI, and ACH data.

ShieldConex®
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Domestic Payments Platform

Omnichannel payments for U.S. and Canadian businesses with PCI P2PE and tokenization.

PayConex™

Integrated Higher Education Partners

Colleges and universities must protect payments, PII, and PHI across disparate systems and departments. As threats multiply, the need is no longer just security – it’s security-first infrastructure that adapts to any payments environment. Bluefin’s scalable foundation supports universal tokenization and encryption, reducing PCI scope, fortifying data from intake to storage, and simplifying compliance across POS, web, and batch workflows.

Universal P2PE and Tokenization Security

  • Encrypt cardholder data instantly at the point-of-sale using leading-edge P2PE infrastructure to prevent interception

  • Protect PII and PHI across campus applications through a security-first tokenization layer

  • Support secure file-based tokenization for ACH, payroll, and batch workflows using Bluefin’s scalable architecture

  • Decouple security from processing with a universal security layer that works across any payment flow

  • Get full visibility and chain of custody tracking with P2PE Manager® built on an infrastructure that scales with you

  • Integrate easily with campus systems through Bluefin’s extensive network of higher education software partners

Secure, Compliant, and Scalable By Design

Bluefin’s solutions are the gold standard for protecting sensitive data in higher education, from payments to PII and PHI.

Minimized

Reduces PCI DSS scope for card-present transactions to just 29 questions.

Compliant

Supports NACHA, FERPA, GDPR, and other global data privacy requirements.

Proven

The gold standard in P2PE with the broadest device, partner, and management support.

Flexible

Integrated and vendor-agnostic solutions for payment and data security.

Upcoming Webinar – Navigating Nacha Compliance

Webinar – Navigating Nacha Compliance

Higher education institutions rely on the ACH Network for tuition, refunds, payroll, vendor payments, and more. With this reliance comes an obligation to comply with evolving Nacha Rules, policies, and procedures. Ensuring fraud monitoring and data security compliance is critical to safeguard financial information, minimize fraud risk, and maintain institutional trust. Join CampusGuard’s ACH expert and Bluefin’s data security leaders for a deep dive into how ACH rules impact higher education.

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