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Banks launch pilot of iDIN online identification service

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The first iDIN pilot began on 8 March under the coordination of the Dutch Payments Association. iDIN is a new service from the banks that allows consumers to identify themselves online to other organisations using their own bank’s secure and trusted login method.

Log in with iDIN

During the pilot, consumers could use iDIN to log in to services including Mijn Belastingdienst, the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration’s online portal. Customers of ING and Rabobank could take part from the start of the pilot. Customers of ABN AMRO, SNS and Triodos would follow in April.

iDIN was offered alongside other login methods, such as DigiD for government services. Visitors could choose which login method to use. Using iDIN was similar to the way consumers used iDEAL.

To log in to Mijn Belastingdienst with iDIN, the identification service had to be activated once online for use with government services. On subsequent visits, users could log in directly with iDIN.

Pilots with online shops and insurers

During 2016, the banks would also conduct pilots with online shops and insurers. Once the experiences of consumers and organisations in all the pilots had been evaluated, iDIN was expected to become more widely available in the second half of 2016.

Consumers decide for themselves whether to use iDIN and whether to share personal data with a company or institution.

Read more about how iDIN works and how it is used .

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