Transact Campus Inc. has won the 2020 NFC forum innovation award for the best-in-market NFC implementation. The NFC forum is the global standards-body for Near Field Communication technology and its Innovation awards recognize the development, deployment and use of state-of-the-art NFC products, services and applications worldwide.

Judges awarded Transact for its market-leading innovation, Transact Mobile Credential, which supports NFC-based student IDs natively for Apple Wallet and Google Pay. Transact Mobile Credential helps schools minimize lines and crowds and adhere to social distancing requirements, giving students a contactless way to transact with their student IDs on their phones for retail, dining, laundry, vending, ticketing, and more, plus contactless access control to residence halls and campus buildings. The company was recognized during an online awards ceremony on Sept. 30.

"We're thrilled to receive this NFC Forum award recognizing our decade-long journey to evangelize the benefits of NFC and showcase its power and utility through our first-of-its-kind Mobile Credential," Jeff Staples, senior vice president, market development at Transact. "Our mission continues to empower our clients to transform the student experience, and our NFC-enabled mobile student ID has been a game changer for them. Our clients have been with us every step of the way on this innovation and we share this recognition with them."