What is the difference between Mcard, Blue Bucks, and the TCF® Check Card?
Mcard/TCF FAQs in PDF format The Mcard is the official University of Michigan ID card. It not only identifies cardholders affiliated with the University, it also is the device that is used to gain access to many services across campus. Two separate services accessed with the black magnetic strip (see below) on the reverse of the Mcard are Blue Bucks and Mcard ATM/debit. Blue Bucks is an extension to the Housing meal plan. Money (cash or checks) is deposited into a debit account with the Mcard Center. Money can also be applied via Blue Bucks Web site and billed to the Student Account. Cardholders then can spend this money by swiping their Mcards at residence hall copier machines, laundry facilities, cafeterias, snack bars, convenience stores, and vending machines (and some campus vending machines as well). Blue Bucks can also be used at Wendy’s®, Subway®, Mrs. Field’s®, and other restaurants in the Michigan Union, Michigan League, Palmer Commons, Pierpont Commons, and University Hospita
