Mastercard: Brings Digital Identity to Real World Tests
- Mastercard today marked the first tests of a new digital service that has the potential to verify a person’s identity immediately
- The initial in-market pilot will take place in Australia through two separate efforts with Australia Post and Deakin University
- Therefore pilot program will test a new way for people to prove their identity without having to carry multiple documents
- Mastercard’s consumer-centric approach outlined in a Principles of Digital Identity vision paper earlier this year
- The initial phase of the pilot with Deakin University also featured student volunteers testing an identity verification
- Mastercard has entered into a separate partnership with Australia Post to integrate the agency’s existing Digital iD solution
