The future of digital credentials: what do we want, how do we want it?
An open letter is seeking help from the community and market to find ways to ensure compatibility between two emerging…
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.
Beta for Google mobile driver’s license app is out
A beta test of Google’s wallet app supporting some mobile U.S. driver’s licenses is out. The beta was announced by…
Digital ID and wallets projects broaden their impacts
Digital identification and related software are growing slowly in specific situations – the development of U.S. state driver’s licenses is…
1.5M in Louisiana carry an mDL
A day before the U.S. state of Louisiana further formalized acceptance rules for its four-year-old digital ID, the software firm…
Austria launches digital driving licenses, its first digital ID, as US states align
Austrians can now create a mobile driving license (mDLs) on their smartphones after the technical infrastructure is finally ready, laying…
Digital ID credentials come to the Apple Wallet, inform apps, but EU may cause friction
Apple’s input on developing the standards for mobile driving licences (mDLs) has culminated in the IDs entering the Apple Wallet…
New Zealand plans to introduce mDLs, eventually
New Zealand’s land transport management agency Waka Kotahi says it is working to introduce a mobile driver’s license (mDL) which…
Fintech, mDLs and digital ID could be Apple’s ticket to Microsoft-like universality
A fintech trade journal has connected some dots and more patents to define where Apple stands with U.S. digital ID…
mDL advances support digital government ecosystems in Kurdistan, Greece
New mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) have been launched in Kurdistan and surpassed 500,000 users in Greece. Each stands as an…
Google Wallet enters 6 new countries, hints at digital ID feature for US airport checkpoints
The new Google Wallet app, unveiled by the tech giant in May, is now available in six new countries: Azerbaijan,…
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