U. of San Francisco Implements NFC for Access, Payments

Published: June 15, 2012

CARMEL, Ind. Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies and the CBORD Group, Inc. announced the successful roll-out of near field communication (NFC)-enabled campus card credentials at the University of San Francisco (USF) for door access and spending at laundry terminals.

The project’s first phase was recently completed with high acceptance, and further expansion is planned. The USF solution is comprised of the CS Gold campus card system from CBORD and Ingersoll Rand’s aptiQmobile web-based credential services and multi-technology readers. 

In the residence hall included in the pilot, USF uses NFC for door access and laundry payments. Instead of presenting their USF One Cards, participating students use the aptiQmobile application on their personal iPhones to enter the building and pay for laundry using their existing credentials. The NFC credential seamlessly integrates with USF’s CS Gold campus card system from CBORD.

“We want our use of Near Field Communications to enhance the USF One Card experience on many levels, which is why we introduced it for both door access and laundry payment,” said Jason Rossi, Director of One Card and Campus Security Systems, University of San Francisco. “Our students have embraced it, telling us they prefer the convenience of their iPhones to digging for their One Cards. This convenience is important to us, but equally important is the security of using their existing contactless credentials, keeping our transactions secure.”

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CS Gold, the one-card system in use at USF, fully supports NFC credentials and seamlessly integrates with the aptiQmobile web service, so the credential download process is easy.  Students download the aptiQmobile application from the iPhone App Store to install USF One Card credentials to their phones. To use the credentials, they simply open the app and present the phone to the reader. Access and spending are quick, easy and secure.

“An added benefit of the aptiQmobile NFC solution is that USF did not need to change readers,” added Raj Venkat, business leader for readers and credentials at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. “This is because if Schlage AD-Series locks or Ingersoll Rand’s multi-technology readers are already installed, it’s simply a matter of downloading the credentials to the students’ phones and they are ready to go.”

Read the press release.

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