Overview
- Google announced Thursday that Google Wallet will add ID passes in select European Union member states this summer to let users store and present government-issued identity credentials.
- The company said it will launch privacy-preserving age credentials with Germany’s Sparkasse Bank that let customers prove they meet an age requirement without revealing name, address, or date of birth.
- Google Pay direct checkout is available now for select merchants using Airwallex and is slated to reach merchants on Adyen soon by embedding Wallet payment methods directly into retailer checkout pages.
- In testing Google’s updated Secure Payment Authentication cut verification time by about 50% and raised conversions by roughly 3%, and Google plans SPA rollouts with Visa, Checkout.com, Autopay and Adyen in the U.K. and Poland in the coming months.
- The changes build on prior Wallet ID launches in Brazil, India, Taiwan and the U.K. and will depend on bank issuers, merchant adoption, and government or trust-framework certification for uses such as travel or official ID acceptance.