Formerly known as the BenCard, the BCard is Benedictine University’s official identification campus card and is available to all enrolled students and current faculty and staff. Tap your iPhone, Apple Watch or Android phone at readers across campus to conveniently access your university credentials. You can still have a physical BCard, but now you can add your BCard either to one iPhone and one Apple Watch, or one Android phone.
The BCard houses student Meal Plans and acts as a pre-paid debit card with BBuck$, authenticates and grants cardholders access to campus buildings. Also, the BCard can be used as a membership card to gain access to the Rice Fitness Center or check-out a book at the library.
The BCard can be used at all on-campus dining facilities, campus store, and select off-campus restaurants.
a. If you have not done so already, set up your Benedictine University Network Credentials and multi-factor authentication by visiting account.ben.edu.
b. Go to eAccounts.ben.edu and sign in with your Benedictine University Network Credentials and multi-factor authentication.
c. In the menu, select Profile > Click to Submit a New Photo
d. Follow the process to submit a photo. Your photo and ID document must be submitted and approved before you can download the BCard Mobile ID.
Remember – heavily filtered photos will not be accepted (i.e. Snapchat) and that filters will also affect the size of the photo.
Your BCard can be managed using a web browser or installing a mobile App. BCard utilizes a management platform called “Transact eAccounts”.
BCard Support
Students, Faculty, and Staff can get support for their BCard by contacting the Help Desk at (630) 829-CARD (2273) or email at [email protected] during business hours, Monday through Friday.
BCard Web Portal and Mobile App Management
BCard utilizes a management platform called “Transact”. The BCard can be managed online by visiting the BCard eAccounts web portal or installing and using the BCard eAccounts mobile App.
BCard eAccounts Web Portal
Manage your BCard online anytime by visiting eAccounts.ben.edu. Sign in using your university network credentials.
BCard eAccounts Mobile App
If you haven’t done so already, from the App Store or Google Play Store, search for, download and install the ‘Transact eAccounts’ App to your mobile device.
Student Meal Plans
You can check the balance of these accounts and transactions at any time through eAccounts*.
*To check on the number of Meal Plan swipes remaining, login to eAccounts and select Board Transactions. Then select a time frame. You will see the number of Meal Plan swipes used out of the total number you started with. Subtracting these two numbers will give you the remaining Meal Plan swipes you have left.
Mesa Campus is not supported at this time (Coming soon)!
Where can I NOT use my BCard Mobile ID?
updated 8/10/2021