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PennCash

  • PennCash is your key to convenient, cash-free purchases within the Penn community.

  • It's a debit account run through your PennCard (a declining balance system).

  • Up-to-the minute account balances will be available, plus you or your parents will be able to add money to your account online.
 

Page Links
· PennCash account features
· PennCash - Getting Started
· Adding value to your PennCash account
· Where to use  PennCash
· List of Value Transfer Stations

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PennCash Account Features
With PennCash, purchases are deducted from your account and the remaining balance is instantly displayed.

  • You will be able to monitor your balance at anytime at any of the 16 Value Transfer Station (VTS) locations throughout campus or online.
  • You (or your parents) are now able to add value online, or you can visit a Value Transfer Station or The PennCard office to add value to your account.
  • Campus locations that presently accept PennCash as of July 2007:

Please check back! New services will be added as PennCash develops.

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PennCash - Getting Started
Anyone with an active PennCard has access to a PennCash debit account. To activate your account you just need to add value.

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Adding Value to Your PennCash Account
You can add value to your PennCash account in 3 easy ways:

  • Online You can add value online using Visa, Mastercard, or by charging to your Student Financial Services account (students only). Please go to our PennCash Online Transactions page to log on to your Penn Cash account.

  • PennCard Center You can add value at the PennCard Center using Visa, Mastercard, Check, or Cash.

  • VTS - You can go to any of the Value Transfer Stations and use cash to add value to your account. Please note that VTS machines accept cash only and do not give change.

    Currently active VTS's are listed below.


Building Address Location
Chemistry Laboratories 3301 Spruce Street Chemistry Library - Inside the Copy Center
David Rittenhouse Labs 209 South 33rd Street Math/Physics Library
Evans Building 4001 Spruce Street Dental Library
Furness Building 220 South 34th Street Fisher Fine Arts Library
Harrison College House 3910 Irving Street Lobby
Hill College House 3333 Walnut Street Lobby - Next to ATM
Johnson Pavillion Johnson Pavillion Biomedical Library - Inside Main Entrance
Johnson Pavillion Johnson Pavillion Biomedical Library-Outside Copy Center
Rosenthal Building 3800 Spruce Street Vet School Library
Tanenbaum Hall 3460 Chestnut Biddle Law Library
Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street Engineering Library
University Museum 3260 South Street Kress Entrance-Lobby
Van Pelt Library 3420 Walnut Street Ground Floor
Van Pelt Library 3420 Walnut Street 3rd Floor
Van Pelt Library 3420 Walnut Street 4th Floor
Van Pelt Library 3420 Walnut Street 1st Floor

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Where to Use PennCash
The following locations accept PennCash:

  • Penn Bookstore
  • Wharton Reprographics
  • Computer Connection
  • Campus Dining: Class of 1920 Commons, Kings Court/English College House, Hill House Dining Hall, McClelland Express, Falk Dining Commons (Steinhardt Hall)
  • Retail Dining: Class of 1920 Commons food court, Houston Market, Accenture Cyber Café (Towne Building), Mark's Café in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Savory on Spruce
  • More Retail Locations: Au Bon Pain (Huntsman), Café Prima (Harrison), Hamilton High Rise 'N Shine Café, Le Petit Creperie (Houston), Museum Café, Oasis in Kings Court English College House, Riepe College House Store, Pottruck: (Gym Membership, and The Energy Zone) Penn Student Agencies (Café, and Store)
  • Graduate Student Center (New!)
  • Hill House Café (New!)
  • Numerous Snack & Beverage Vending Locations around Campus. Copiers: Van Pelt Library System (Van Pelt, Fisher Fine Arts, Univ. Museum, Math Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical, Dental School, Veterinary School), Biddle Law Library, Wharton Reprographics, Huntsman Hall and The Annenberg School for Communication
  • Printing: Van Pelt Library, Biomedical Library, Biddle Law Library, College House Labs, Graduate Student Center, Perelman Quad, and the WLRC (Weingarten Learning Resource Center)
  • Annenberg Center
  • Levy Tennis
  • Museum Café

Please check back! New services will be added as PennCash develops.

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