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mDL (mobile driver’s license)

Mobile driver’s licenses, alternatively referred to as digital driver’s licenses and known by the short forms mDL and DDL, are increasingly popular credentials for driving privileges and identity verification. Issued by a department of motor vehicles or similar government authority and stored in a digital wallet on a smartphone, these credentials are being adopted or considered as digital IDs for a wide range of applications including age verification.

 

Finding the use case that makes everyone want a digital wallet: Samsung Wallet

Rob White, head of identity services at Samsung Wallet, addressed the company’s ongoing quest to accelerate adoption of mobile driver’s…

 

Harmonized digital driving license in EU approved as part of driving reform package

The EU is getting closer to a harmonized mobile driver’s license (mDL) with the approval of a provisional deal on…

 

New Zealand integrates international mDLs for age, ID verification

The NZ Verify or Whakatūturu App will be used to verify select international mobile driver’s licenses so that visitors can…

 

France simplifies mobile driving license management in digital ID app

The French government is simplifying the procedure to add a digital driving license to the France Identité application, a platform…

 

Digital IDs take root in US as states and federal agencies chart uncertain paths

In January, then-President Joe Biden issued the sweeping Executive Order (EO), Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which…

 

Vouched launches web support for mDLs in Google Wallet

Vouched has launched web-based support for Mobile Driver’s Licenses (mDLs) through Google Wallet, claiming an industry first. A release from…

 

Know your geography for successful digital ID adoption: Trinsic

A big year for digital identity issuance, adoption and regulation has widened the opportunities for businesses around the world to…

 

Fime updates testing tools to meet latest EUDI wallet, mDL standards

Fime’s digital identity application and reader test suites have been updated to support the global deployment of EUDI Wallets and ISO-compliant mDLs (mobile driver’s…

 

Collaboration, standards shepherding decentralized digital ID to production

The webinar “Road to EIC: Standards in Focus – Shaping the Future of Digital and Decentralized Identities” gathered together some…

 

EU to make uniform mobile driving license available in EUDI Wallets by 2030

The EUDI Wallet scheme will serve as a government-led driver for mobile driver’s license adoption in the EU, and national…

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