Integrated campus payment, ID and commerce solutions provider, Transact Campus, has releases its notable trends to watch over the coming year. The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most unpredictable years ever; however, the team at Transact is preparing for 2021 with these predictions for the edtech fintech space in mind.

Allegion’s business development manager of campus software partners, Jeff Koziol, discusses the trends he and Allegion are prepping for in 2021 and beyond. With an optimistic viewpoint that examines lessons learned over the past year, Koziol highlights some ways campuses can prep for the year ahead with the goal of evolving to create better, safer campuses for students, faculty and staff.

Card system vendor, TouchNet, discusses some of the measures and solutions that universities can deploy to move to a more contactless campus environment. Contactless solutions have taken on new importance this past year, and with new protocols and guidelines being implemented to limit physical contact between students, the solutions outlined in this video will be great additions.

The Seos platform from HID Global is one of the premier, software-based credential technology options available to universities. It combines advanced encryption, high reliability and fast operation, and as a software-based credential technology, Seos is independent of underlying hardware. Here’s a full rundown on the Seos platform, its features, and how it can be implemented to support mobile credential and other secure credential deployments.

HID Global End User Business Manager for Higher Education and PACS, Tim Nyblom, looks to the year ahead and what trends in campus transaction systems and university security may be coming in 2021 and beyond. Topping the list are mobile credential initiatives, and perhaps in the near term, remote badging deployments. Listen in as we discuss these solutions and how campuses can begin to prep infrastructure in advance to be well positioned for deployment.

Card system vendor TouchNet has developed an extensive network of third-party vendors with its Ready Partner Program, designed to provide TouchNet customers with a catalog of third-party providers that are validated to integrate into TouchNet solutions. Among the ever-growing list of TouchNet Ready Partners is Starship Technologies – the company now renowned for its fleet of autonomous delivery robots. Robot delivery was already proving its viability before the arrival of a global pandemic, but it seems that this service has only grown in importance.

With the number of universities issuing mag stripe or 125 kHz prox credentials still alarmingly high, it’s worth taking the time to discuss the options available to campuses as they plot moves to more advanced, secure student credentials. To better frame the issue, CR80News caught up with CBORD’s Read Winkelman and Larry Delaney to discuss some actionable steps that campuses can take.