Iowa state officials have launched a pilot project aimed at making digital driver’s licenses available for download sometime in 2022. Testing is underway on mDL compatible devices through December 2021.

Documents signed by states who will support digital IDs in the Apple Wallet reveals states will have to cover the costs of the program, sparking concerns that taxpayers will have the foot the bill.

Remote notarization platforms are exploring how to use mobile IDs to identify signers for remote online notarization (RON) in select states. Mobile ID technology experts assure Notaries that mobile IDs have multiple security features to confirm their authenticity.

Floridians will be able to download their digital driver’s license starting next month, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. It will be available through the Florida Smart-ID app, which will go live in mid-November on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Mississippi is developing a way for people to have their driver’s license, vaccination card and other state-issued documents available in a smartphone wallet. The digital driver’s license, or mobile ID, could be available as soon as November.

The Secure Technology Alliance is recognizing the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on the publication of the ISO/IEC 18013-5 International standard: Personal Identification – Mobile Driver’s License (mDL). The standard establishes essential, clear guidance and secure, interoperable interface specifications for the implementation and adoption of mDLs and mobile IDs.

More and more states are rolling out digital driver’s licenses, and experts see that trend continuing as federal standards take shape and citizens embrace a new way of cryptographically verifying identity.

Harmon’s has announced that it will soon be accepting mobile driver’s licenses for identification and purchases. The mobile driver’s license program (mDL) is a partnership created by the Utah Driver’s License Division and GET Group North America. It’s the first mobile license that complies with international standards and can be used globally.

Utah Community Credit Union in Provo is working with the Utah Department of Public Safety and Utah Driver’s License Division to test a mobile ID system with 100 members.
The credit union views the digital ID as part of a broader digital strategy to boost automated contactless. financial transactions and customer interactions in all parts of its business
Like any project that requires participants to share sensitive data, the Utah system will be challenged to recruit more financial institutions to participate.

Many U.S. states are implementing mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) as an option for their citizens. In states that have involved businesses that rely on ID, a “Mobile ID ecosystem” is becoming reality as governments that issue ID cards and commercial entities that require ID cards discover the advantages of mDLs. Once accepted everywhere, like tap payments, citizens may have the option to leave their wallet at home and not carry a physical ID card that is easily lost, stolen, or misused.