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First: digital ID credentials are going into Google Wallet at scale. Aadhaar in India, enabling over a billion citizens to verify identity across services. Mobile driver’s licenses in the US. My Number Card in Japan. Google-issued ID passes derived from passport data in Brazil and the UK. And a plan to expand to many more countries by end of year.
But the most interesting signal was what Linarducci said next: Google Wallet is expanding beyond government-issued IDs to support privately issued credentials from banks and other institutions. Sparkasse is the first. The major German savings bank, serving 50 million customers, is launching age verification directly inside Google Wallet.
Users can prove they are over 18 online using a bank-issued credential, cryptographically secured, with no name, address, or date of birth revealed.
Sparkasse is the first. It will not be the last.
From: Post | LinkedIn.
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