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The number of off-campus merchants that can accept Washington State University’s CougarCard loaded with Cougar Cash has dropped from 32 to 10. But the school is offering a new CougarCard Maxx that includes Visa debit functionality, making the card usable worldwide. Students, however, would have to have a U.S. Bank account to take advantage of that feature.

Cougar Cash, the Pullman, Wash. school’s name for its e-purse, will still be accepted at 10 merchants in near the university. That’s the new definition of “on-campus” that was negotiated with Visa, said a university spokesperson. The university had to drop the other merchants due to a Visa policy.

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