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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.

 

Goodbye, physical identities: How organizations can prepare for digital identity challenges

By Philipp Pointner, Chief of Digital Identity at Jumio Gartner predicts that half of U.S. states and one-third of national…

 

Mobile driving licenses live in Utah, Arizona for credit union transactions

Mobile driving licenses are being accepted for all bank transaction at America First Credit Union offices in Utah and Arizona….

 

Restructured Secure Technology Alliance streamlines digital ID, mDL groups into one forum

The Secure Technology Alliance (STA) has announced a restructuring of its organization and membership levels. The move is aimed at…

 

A handful of nations distributing new digital ID documents

Four disparate nations are in the midst of distributing various digital IDs: Vietnam, Brazil, Saint Lucia and Greece. In Hanoi,…

 

Samsung pushes Wallet for biometric payments, IDs; Apple allows mDLs in its Wallet

Samsung has released its Wallet, merging its Pay with Pass apps to combine biometric payments, digital IDs and keys into…

 

Maryland launches digital ID option for flight in and out of Washington airports

A second U.S. state is giving residents the option of adding a digital ID or mobile driving license to Apple’s…

 

Australian, US states to trial mobile driver’s license apps

Australia’s Queensland will test out a mobile driver’s license app for an eventual statewide release in 2023, while California may…

 

New round of tests on mDL function standards. Will the US take notice?

New logistical and process details have been published for the next mobile driving license test in Kentucky at the end…

 

How will digital wallet pilots in Europe affect the world?

The fourth ID4Africa livecast in the ‘Mobile for Identity Management & Inclusive ID4D’ series turns to mobile ID in advanced…

 

Panel recommends non-intrusive airport biometrics for India

Biometrics deployments in airports are continuing to expand, but so are concerns about the intrusiveness of checks on passengers. An…

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