Montreal Students Use NFC to Go Cashless at School Events

Business college HEC Montreal's student association, L'Association Étudiante des Hautes Études Commerciales (AEHEC), has improved its school event processes with an RFID-based solution that enables it to eliminate cash payments. With the RFID-based system, first deployed three years ago and upgraded this year, students can access events via their smartphones and make payments onsite using an RFID card. The Connect&GO Near Field Communication (NFC) solution has made entry faster and food and beverage queues shorter, while there is no need for anyone to manage cash for the student association, says Ian Perreault, AEHEC's secretary and treasurer.