Transact Mobile Credential is now fully available for use via Google Pay on Android devices. The integration with Google Pay was initially revealed in early 2020, and now students, faculty, and staff can use their Android mobile phones to easily access facilities and make contactless payments on and around campus.

Mercer University announced the availability of its Bear Card Mobile Credential for Google Pay. Building on the initial 2019 launch of the mobile Bear Card, students, faculty and staff can now use their Android mobile phones to easily access facilities and make contactless payments on and around campus.

Card system vendor, CBORD, announced the launch of CS Gold 8, the latest iteration of its card and access solution for higher education. Available now, version 8 of the CS Gold campus one-card system provides flexibility and customization options.

ColorID spends considerable time on the road and in web presentations speaking with campus card professionals from universities of all sizes. One of the common threads across these conversations is mobile ID. CR80News recently spoke with David Stallsmith, Director of Product Management at ColorID, to cover some of the common mobile ID questions he hears from campuses, and to hear about ColorID’s efforts around building mobile ID infrastructures for university clients.

Identity solutions provider, ColorID has put together a series of webinars that will run over the months of April and May that will cover the major topics and trends in campus identity technology. The company’s “Campus Forum Series – Continuing the Conversation,” hopes to draw together university and corporate professionals alike in discussion during a time of isolation.

This week at its annual client conference, Transact announced a new collaboration with HID Global that will enable Transact Mobile Credential to be accepted on HID physical access control readers. Transact Mobile Credential supports student IDs in Apple Wallet and Google Pay, and enables students to use their mobile device to secure access to campus facilities and residence halls, as well as payments for dining, laundry, vending, and retail.

Santa Clara University students, faculty and staff can now add their ACCESS student ID card to Apple Wallet for use with their iPhone and Apple Watch. Santa Clara was among the second group of universities announced to leverage Mobile Credential in Apple Wallet, following the initial launch at the University of Alabama, Duke University and the University of Oklahoma.

In this installment of NACCU’s “It’s All About the Data” video series, Georgia Southern University’s Director of Eagle Card Services, Richard Wynn, discusses how the card office can contribute to the all-important task of student retention. In the video, Wynn discusses key areas of focus like dining and meal plan data, student usage trends, and the evolving ideas around the role a university can play in using data to assist students in need.