Mobile ID World

The UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has launched a formal inquiry into the government’s planned digital ID scheme, opening a new chapter of scrutiny over how British citizens may soon carry and present identity credentials from a mobile device.

The inquiry follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s September 2025 announcement of a voluntary digital ID progra...

Google has expanded the digital ID capabilities of Google Wallet to four new countries, introducing Aadhaar Verifiable Credentials in India and passport-based ID passes in Singapore, Taiwan, and Brazil, in one of the largest mobile identity wallet rollouts to date.

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Kensington, a division of ACCO Brands, has released two NFC-enabled hardware security keys certified to FIDO2 Level 2, the highest tier in the FIDO Alliance’s authenticator certification programme, bringing tap-based phishing-resistant login to smartphones and tablets alongside traditional USB desktop authentication.

The VeriMark NFC+ USB-C Security Key and VeriMark NF...

A mobile-first digital identity layer that lets citizens use their phone-based national credentials to access government services across borders is scaling to 12 countries in Latin America, backed by a five-million-dollar commitment from Google.org.

The system, called IdLAC, functions as a digital identity broker connecting national identity providers with public and p...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has told consumers to replace passwords with passkeys, the phone-based biometric login method that uses fingerprint scans or facial recognition built into mobile devices to verify identity without transmitting credentials over the internet.

The recommendation, announced at the CYBERUK 2026 conference in Glasgow, reverses decades ...