MobilePay launches feature to document age

MobilePay launches feature to document age

In, among others, Rema 1000 stores, the age verification in MobilePay will be accepted as proof of age.

The MobilePay app has changed its logo – in January the app will also change its name to Vipps. (Photo: © Liselotte Sabroe, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Ritzau ( [email protected] ) 44 minutes ago

It will now be possible for the nearly 4.8 million Danish users of MobilePay to document their age through the app when making purchases in physical stores.

This is stated by the company behind MobilePay, Vipps MobilePay, in a press release.

A new age verification will become part of the "Wallet" menu in the MobilePay app with a new update, which from Tuesday will be rolled out to Danish users.

Here, users can also attach a passport photo, Vipps MobilePay informs.

Dennis Kvade, who is product manager at Vipps MobilePay, points out that the need to document identity and age is increasing in Europe, both online and in physical stores.

- Previously, this challenge was solved with a passport, health card, or various other ID cards. But it is not particularly practical to bring your passport into town – and conversely, there is no shortage of stories about fraud with age verification, he says in the press release.

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In, among others, the retail chain Rema 1000, MobilePay's age verification will be accepted in the future, Vipps MobilePay states.

The chain's employees will be informed about the possibilities of the new age verification in the coming period.

The Danish Agency for Digital Government earlier this year launched the app AltID, which is the first official digital age verification and ID card.

Through the app, one can document one's identity and age both physically and online.

Vipps MobilePay emphasizes that the new age verification in the MobilePay app is not an actual ID card that can replace a passport, health card, or driver's license.

But the idea is that it can be used in stores and nightlife, where young people may need to document that they are old enough to buy, for example, alcohol.

The age verification does not show any other personal information besides age range, name, and picture.

It will be up to individual users and stores to decide how they want to use the new verification. It is therefore not guaranteed that all stores will accept the verification as proof of age.

RITZAU

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