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Mobile Access Adoption Mobile wallets accelerate across a growing range of applications
By Sanjit Bardhan
Smartphones and other mobile devices have had a profound impact on how the world securely ac- cesses the workplace and its services. The growing adoption of mobile wallets and the new genera- tion of users is compounding this effect.
There is an enormous level of synergy between digital wallets that are accessed through a mobile app, and the mobile-access solutions used in office buildings, college campuses and a wide range of other facilities.
Making the most of this constructive collaboration requires a flexible, scalable and easy-to-upgrade security infrastructure that is delivered through a multi-faceted Physical Access Control System (PACS) solution. Organizations can integrate this type of future-safe infrastructure with existing corporate apps and/
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or mobile wallets, improving the user experience while strength- ening security, more easily incorporating innovative technology advances, making operations more efficient, and contributing to sustainability initiatives.
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The primary appeal of integrating mobile access with mobile wal- lets is that it enables users to access physical places and digital spaces using the same digital wallet app they already use to make everyday purchases, thereby reducing yet another physical card/ fob that they previously carried. Delivering this benefit requires that organizations replace their legacy access control systems with future safe and flexible PACS solutions that support mobile access.
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