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mDL (mobile driver’s license)

Mobile driver’s licenses, alternatively referred to as digital driver’s licenses and known by the short forms mDL and DDL, are increasingly popular credentials for driving privileges and identity verification. Issued by a department of motor vehicles or similar government authority and stored in a digital wallet on a smartphone, these credentials are being adopted or considered as digital IDs for a wide range of applications including age verification.

 

South Korean hospital adopts PASS QR code app for IDV

South Korea’s major mobile carriers announced that Yongin Severance Hospital at Yonsei University in Seoul will enable ID verification through…

 

More state legislation as mobile driver’s licenses roll through gears of government

Mobile driver’s licenses promise (mDL) promise to be a transformational technology. In a world of mobile tickets and boarding passes,…

 

STA Identity and Payments Summit stars mDLs but looks ahead to post-quantum future

The Secure Technology Alliance‘s 2025 Identity and Payments Summit was preceded by a unique showcase of mobile driver’s license (mDL)…

 

Digital wallets key to securing trust in the crypto world

With Q1 2025 wrapping up at the end of March, global digital identity trends continue to emerge. The latest to…

 

Texas is latest US state to consider mobile driver’s license as Arkansas mDL launches

Texas is getting a mobile driver’s license (mDL), if a bill introduced in the state legislature is approved. The tech…

 

Digital IDs gain momentum as state laws take effect; legislation is advanced

A significant shift toward the implementation of digital IDs is taking place in the U.S. this this year as new…

 

Wallets, mDL, biometrics combine to offer a new paradigm for ID and payments

As the name of the Secure Technology Alliance’s (STA) Identity and Payments Summit suggests, identity and payments are still mostly…

 

Mobile driver’s licenses take center stage at STA’s mDL showcase

On the surface, mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) are among the simpler technologies on offer in the biometrics and digital identity…

 

West Virginia, Idemia, Samsung expand mDL’s digital wallet support

The American landscape for mobile driver’s licenses is like an 18-wheeler transport truck: big, slow to accelerate and building momentum…

 

Queensland mobile driver’s license could be model for global mDL deployment

Queensland’s digital driver’s license app has been a rousing success, and a ABI Research Report makes the case for why…

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