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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.

 

Signicat wins Denmark digital ID wallet and mDL contract

Signicat has secured a contract with the Danish Agency for Digital Government (DIGST) to supply the digital identity verification infrastructure…

 

Get in on California’s Identity Gateway, says chief information official

California’s Chief Information Officer and California Department of Technology (CDT) Director Liana Bailey-Crimmins wants more departments to plug into the…

 

France’s national digital ID scaling up after graduating from pilot

France’s national digital identity app, France Identité, has enabled the creation of more than 3.2 million digital IDs, according to…

 

South Africa builds mDL as part of MyMzansi’ functional ID component

South Africa’s Communication Minister Solly Malatsi recently made a demo of a mobile driver’s license (mDL) prototype recently built within…

 

Digital IDs and driver’s licenses take steps forward in Virginia, Georgia

The state of Virginia is claiming a national first with the launch of its Virginia Mobile ID. A news release…

 

Pubs in Australia deal with fake digital IDs; in the UK, disappointment

The owners and staff of pubs in Queensland, Australia are seeing a marked increase in the fake IDs presented by…

 

Illinois mobile driver’s license, digital ID card now live in Apple Wallet

Illinois residents can now securely add their Illinois-issued mobile driver’s license (mDL) or state ID to Apple Wallet and present…

 

New AAMVA verification tool from iDenfy plus directly into DMV records

Lithuania-based iDenfy has introduced a new verification product that plugs directly into the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators’ (AAMVA)…

 

Identity & Payments Summit

Identity & Payments Summit Houston, Texas March 2 – 4, 2026 The Identity & Payments Summit is the premier event…

 

Tasmania begins exploring business case for mobile driver’s license

The Australian State of Tasmania’s interim budget earmarks funding to develop a business case for implementing a digital drivers license…

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