The University of British Columbia and payment gateway provider SnapPay, Inc., have together launched a payment acceptance program for both Alipay and WeChat. The program will enable Chinese international students to use both popular Chinese payment apps at UBC’s campus bookstore in Vancouver.

King’s College London, located in the center of the capital, has revamped its campus security and access control measures. Comprising the college’s access control system are solutions from Gallagher, along with integrations with other security components including Assa Abloy’s Aperio technology for security at individual doors.

The University of Connecticut has begun its campus wide recarding with the issuance of its new contactless smart card credentials for students, faculty and staff. The new Husky One Cards are now available for all members of the UConn community and those with emeritus status.

Laundry solution provider, Washlava, has agreed terms with LG Electronics that will see LG become the lead investor in a Series A-1 equity financing deal. LG Electronics’ investment in Washlava is expected to help both companies create solutions that better reach the next generation of users.

The University of Oregon is implementing a number of measures designed to boost digital security for students, including the addition of two-factor authentication for a number of campus services. The added layer of login security will be used for many of the campus services that students already log into with their Duck ID credentials.

Cornell University has announced an agreement that will see the university help nearby Ithaca College transition to offering in-house dining operations to its students. Cornell Dining will lead the consulting and training partnership — which was agreed in late June — as part of a project that will provide Ithaca College’s 4,000 students with campus meal plans in time for the start of the fall semester in August.

Freshmen orientation at Montana State University added something new this summer, with the launch of the university’s new campus safety app for student smartphones. The app is called Safe Cats and has been implemented with the hopes of increasing student safety on the Bozeman campus.

Georgia Southern University’s Eagle Dining Services is using a new mobile ordering app called GATA-Go to support food and beverage orders for its campus community. The GATA-Go app is being offered through card system vendor, Transact, and will offer a similarly convenient means for students, faculty and staff to place orders from their smartphones at on-campus retail dining locations.

The price of ID cards for faculty, staff, and students at UC Santa Cruz will be going up to a flat fee of $25 for all replacements. This marks the first fee increase for replacement student IDs at the university since 2012.

Adding to Allegion’s support of Transact Mobile Credentials in Apple Wallet, the company’s Schlage AD Series locks now fully support contactless student IDs on iPhone and Watch. This new capability is specific to Schlage AD-300 and AD-400 electronic locks, which feature built-in credential readers and access control sensors for simplified installation.