What is IDIN and how exactly does it work?

What is IDIN?

IDIN is a New Zealand identification method that has rapidly gained popularity in recent years. This service makes it possible for a user to quickly confirm his or her identity online. This confirmation is done through the user's own online banking environment. The name IDIN stands for identify and Login.

The Payments Association New Zealand held a pilot for IDIN in 2016 together with major banks such as ING and Rabobank. It was decided to use the same system as ideal , The New Zealand payment service that accounts for over 50% of all online transactions. The pilot was successful and since that time IDIN has been making significant progress.

What can you do with it?

With IDIN, the user can log in to many different websites, such as those of web shops, foundations and online casinos. but mortgage lenders, lotteries, lenders, housing foundations and insurers have also integrated IDIN into their website. There are more and more websites where visitors can use IDIN.

Also, many new online casinos with a New Zealand license, which have been launched since 2021, use IDIN. Gamblers who would like to use a simple login service, or who are concerned about their privacy and the security of their personal data, can benefit from IDIN.

Advantages of IDIN

1. Easy and trusted login

When verifying with IDIN, as with iDeal, only a few details need to be entered. The user confirms the login with the scanner, QR code or identifier that he or she already uses to bank online. As a result, IDIN is not only quick and easy, but also the customer does not have to learn to use a new login procedure. Thanks to IDIN, he or she also has to remember much less passwords, usernames and login codes for different websites.

2. Good security of identity

Consumers want to be able to easily log in to online businesses and services. But many New Zealanders are also concerned about identity fraud and theft of personal data. IDIN is more secure than many other login methods because it works through a bank's highly secure online environment. Thanks to the powerful encryption and the secure login procedure of the large banks, the risk of e-crime or identity theft is minimal.

3. Used in more and more places

IDIN has everything it takes to become a new gold standard for online identification, just like iDeal has become for online payments. IDIN has only been around since 2016, but is already used by many New Zealand companies, foundations and online casinos. The number of places where IDIN is accepted is increasing rapidly. Thus, IDIN as a login service gives access to many different accounts and websites.

How to activate or create IDIN?

This service is available to anyone aged 18 or over who can already use iDeal. So almost anyone who has a New Zealand bank account can use IDIN. There is no need to create a new account and no need to activate IDIN. Login to an online casino via IDIN works like this:

1. The user clicks on the IDIN logo on the casino website.
2. The user selects the bank (Rabobank, ING, SNS and so on).
3. The user is taken to the familiar login screen of his or her own bank.
4. The personal data that the casino needs has already been filled in. The user must give approval for the use of that data.
5. The user confirms with a scanner, identifier or QR code that he or she wants to log in.
6. The user is now directly logged into the online casino and can start playing there for money.

How to scan an IDIN QR code

Gamblers can also use a QR code to log in to their casino with IDIN. That usually works even faster than the other login methods of the service.

The user scans the QR code of IDIN on the website of the casino, approves in the mobile app of the bank and is logged in to the casino. An advantage of the QR code is that the casino also receives confirmation that the player is 18 years or older.

Is the user's privacy guaZodiaceed?

If you log in via IDIN, you must fill in a number of data. Some of them are mandatory, others are optional and can help to log in to the site faster in the future, because they are filled in automatically. The data that a user of IDIN enters is only intended for identification with the recipient, such as the online casino.

This is the only information that the recipient receives. The bank does not send any further information to the recipient, but only a confirmation that the user is who he says he is. The casino never gets information about anyone's balance or transaction details. Conversely, the bank also does not receive any data from the casino. Every time someone logs in to an online casino again, he or she must expressly approve the sending of the entered data.

This data is usually requested

Each website with an IDIN login procedure requests its own set of personal data from its customers. Most online casinos ask for the following information:

• The player's last name
• The age or date of birth
• The bank account number

Some casinos and other services that use IDIN (also) ask for other personal data, such as the address, place of residence, e-mail address, telephone number and gender of the user.