# Fayetteville State Plans One-Card Program

A North Carolina state audit found that Fayetteville State University’s procurement- and travel-card programs had weaknesses in transaction review and documentation, including late or missing reviews and purchases without stated business purposes or receipts. The findings follow a 2024 audit that identified nearly $700,000 in unauthorized employee charges. The university agreed with the findings and plans to replace the two programs with a One-Card program using Emburse; the signals identify no solicitation, contract award, value, or procurement timeline.

- The planned transition may create a future need for implementation, platform support, procurement-card controls, compliance reviews, or audit support, but no competition is currently identified.
- Companies serving higher-education customers can evaluate whether their card-management or financial-control offerings address the oversight and documentation weaknesses cited in the audit.
- Procurement teams and prospective suppliers should distinguish the university’s stated plan from an active procurement: the signals provide no solicitation or schedule to support bid planning.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Education
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 24, 2026

### Government Entities
- Fayetteville State University
- North Carolina Office of the State Auditor

### Vendors
- Emburse (Platform provider identified for the planned One-Card program)

### Key Quotes
> Through enhanced monitoring, compliance reviews, training, documentation requirements, periodic workflow validations, and implementation of the One-Card program and Emburse platform, the university is taking proactive steps to address the identified findings, strengthen accountability, and reduce the risk of future noncompliance.
> — Darrell Allison, Chancellor of Fayetteville State University

> By not consistently managing procurement card and travel card programs, inappropriate, unauthorized, or prohibited purchases may occur and go undetected, increasing the risk of fraud, waste, abuse, and misuse of school resources.
> — Dave Boliek, State Auditor

### Sources
- [Audit: Poor administration, compliance plague university P-Card program - AOL](https://www.aol.com/articles/audit-poor-administration-compliance-plague-202800000.html) - AOL.com
- [Audit of Fayetteville State finds problems with credit card oversight](https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2026/10/24/new-audit-examines-fayetteville-state-university-credit-card-purchases/92377907007) - The Fayetteville Observer
- [Audit: Poor administration, compliance plague university P-Card program | State | hpenews.com](https://www.hpenews.com/archdale_trinity_news/news/state/audit-poor-administration-compliance-plague-university-p-card-program/article_ec20a093-9dfb-5991-bf26-a99352b8c328.html) - hpenews.com