One of the world’s most populous countries is trying to accelerate its digital ID efforts — a push that includes biometric authentication.

The new initiative from the digital ID security trade group comes as mobile driver’s license efforts are live in at least a dozen U.S. states.

The project, reportedly among the first in the European Union, is designed to offer citizens more security and control over their personal data.

Add the Oklahoma mobile driver’s license to the list of pioneering state-issued IDs. According to reports from local media, the state is beta testing its own mobile driver’s license program, with hopes that a full program can be rolled out this fall, perhaps in October. Oklahoma is home to some 4 million people, of whom […]

A world without physical card-based identification may still be years away, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early for innovation in the mobile ID space, including significant adoption for key use cases and applications. Whether it is building on visual or optical security features, or empowering new business models and personalized user experiences based around […]

The country of some 24 million people is on track to put its new digital ID cards into circulation just more than a year from now. The new ID will serve for driving privileges, health ID and digital signature capabilities.

As counterfeiters are increasingly able to simulate even the best physical credential, issuers and the identity industry are looking to a future where digital credentials are the highly secure norm. But, for the time being, the physical credential remains the standard, and it is up to the vendor community to develop security features that work […]