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Vanderbilt teams with CBORD to support Android phone purchases on campus

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January 19, 2021

Vanderbilt University is the first CBOTRD campus to launch Android mobile credentials, according to a press release. Students, faculty and staff can use mobile credentials anywhere a plastic ID card is used, both on and off campus.

Once provisioned, users present their device to NFC-enabled readers to pay for food, vending or laundry, or open exterior and interior doors to campus buildings and residence halls.

This technology enables universities to provide a secure campus-issued credential that can be remotely and instantly issued, revoked and reactivated within the CBORD ID card software. This helps institutions prevent fraud while offering convenience and safer, healthier transactions. CBORD has extended these capabilities to Android phones by engaging its partner ecosystem, including Google, Allegion, NXP Semiconductors and HID Global, to deliver the Android solution.