Allegion Expands Partnership With CBORD to Support Contactless Mobile IDs on Android Devices For Higher Education Campuses

Allegion U.S. together with CBORD, a higher education technology solutions provider, announced that they have expanded their offerings and now provide on-campus mobile credential solutions on Android phones.

Students, faculty and staff on participating campuses can now use their Android phones to conveniently, safely and securely access campus buildings and make purchases through Google Pay, while the universities benefit from operational efficiencies.

Allegion and CBORD first launched contactless mobile IDs for campuses in August 2019, for Apple devices. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Vermont and University of San Francisco were among the first schools to leverage the solution. The solution was well-received and will be extended to Android phones on more campuses throughout this year to reach an even larger population.

Once the CBORD credential is provisioned, users simply present their device to NFC-enabled readers to pay for food, vending or laundry, or access exterior and interior doors at campus buildings and residence halls. Schlage readers and locks also support the Transact NFC Android and the Apple iOS NFC mobile credentials. CBORD and Transact's Mobile Credentials for Google Pay leverage NXP Semiconductor's secure MIFARE 2GO cloud service, which enables use of the credentials  on all compatible Android NFC-enabled phones.