NIST publishes draft guidelines for financial firms implementing mDLs
The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the initial public draft of its practice guidelines for financial…
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.
AstreaX enables storage of additional digital documents in Arizona Wallet
Arizona is set to get a souped-up version of its state digital identity wallet, with additional features provided by AstreaX….
Closing the identity gap: Modernizing the driver license lifecycle
Jim Marsh, President and Managing Director of Veridos America outlines a practical path for government authorities to strengthen the driver…
Florida House passes bill to relaunch mDL program
A package of transportation laws have been approved by Florida’s House of Representatives, setting up the potential return of mobile…
Wisecube debuts hybrid scanner that verifies physical IDs and mDLs
Wisecube has launched a desktop ID scanner that combines physical document authentication with mobile driver’s licence (mDL) verification. Oneproof is…
Idemia PS deal brings growing number of US mDLs to Trinsic’s digital identity network
Trinsic has completed a major addition to its digital Identity Acceptance Network, bringing Idemia Public Security and the mobile driver’s…
Dominican Republic ISO-aligned mDL to be publicly available March 2
Mobile driver’s licenses for drivers in the Dominican Republic will soon be available, in what Dominican Today calls a major…
Texas on the sidelines as digital driver’s licenses expand nationwide
Texas is emerging as one of the major holdouts in the national shift toward digital identification even as Apple expands…
West Virginia records 30K Mobile ID registrations since Oct 2024 launch
Mobile driver’s licenses are making small gains in the U.S., as states roll out their offerings and see the first…
South Africa digital ID and mDL to launch this year, president promises
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has given his word that the country’s national digital ID system will be rolled…
