Blackboard Transact has been developed for higher education institutions in the United States and supports Near Field Communication (NFC) contactless technology. Blackboard has opted for such a technology via Sony’s FeliCa in order to provide the users of Blackboard Transact with a secure file system and data communications structure.
FeliCa technology enables communication between the software, the card reader and the FeliCa card via mutual authentication and encrypted data transfer.
Featuring a suite of services such as commerce and security management, the Blackboard Transact platform is set to be expanded with the purpose of replacing campus ID cards with mobile phones and devices as the ID.
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