Identity technology provider Signicat has secured a new contract with The Danish Agency for Digital Government to support both the country’s mobile driving licence and its forthcoming EU Digital Identity Wallet.
Denmark’s wallet will support NFC technology passport verification.
Signicat will continue as technology provider for Denmark’s official mobile driving licence app, Kørekort-appen, while also delivering NFC-based identity verification for the upcoming digital identity wallet. The wallet is a key part of Denmark’s implementation of the EU’s eIDAS 2.0 regulation, with a first release planned for the first half of 2026.
Signicat’s ReadID technology uses NFC to read the secure chip in passports, identity and residence cards, allowing in citizens to verify their identity by retrieving the official facial image and data stored in their passports. No new biometric data is created or stored while the process runs entirely on the citizen’s device and leverages the cryptographic integrity of the passport data.
Denmark is expanding its next generation of digital public services on familiar, already trusted components. ReadID has underpinned onboarding for the Danish national eID, MitID, since its launch in 2020 as one of the first mobile driving licences to be used worldwide.
Citizens can log in with MitID and scan their passport to add their verified photo and passport data, which can be used as a visual ID to confirm your identity during everyday checks.
2,1 million digital driving licenses have been created in the app since 2020.
Work on the Danish digital identity wallet began in spring 2025. Once launched, the voluntary wallet will allow residents to store and present credentials such as digital ID, age verification and other IDs, following the same privacy-first principles designed for the mobile driving licence.
Signicat’s involvement in Denmark’s wallet reflects other ongoing digital identity projects across Europe, where the same underlying technology is also used by the British Government in services such as the UK ETA app and GOV.UK One Login. The company is contributing to four of six large-scale European digital wallet pilots – APTITUDE, WE BUILD, NOBID and EWC – testing interoperable digital identity use cases.
As EU member states move closer to a shared digital identity framework, Denmark is building on proven solutions while scaling towards European interoperability.
“We’re honoured to be a supplier to Denmark’s digital identity infrastructure,” said Asger Hattel, CEO of Signicat.
Signicat joined Aptitude following its acquisition of Inverid in July 2025, which created the ReadID technology which has passed hands today.
“With Aptitude, we are taking another major step towards making digital travel a reality in Europe by ingesting NFC-verified and passport-based attestations into European digital identity wallets”, said Bob Hulsebosch, Compliance Officer at Signicat. “Building on what we built in earlier pilots, our focus now is to make it a reality that citizens enjoy a seamless and privacy-friendly experience when using their European Digital Identity Wallet across borders”.
This work, which supports both the existing mobile driving license and the upcoming EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, is crucial to expanding Europe’s digital infrastructure. At Identity Week Europe 2026, sessions including Digital Wallets, Seamless Travel, and Mobile Identity will cover the evolution of technology like NFC tech for secure, on-device verification, without creating or storing new biometric data, showcases best practices in privacy-preserving identity. In collaboration with WEBUILD and APTITUDE, Identity Week Europe 2026 is the platform for what’s first in wallets and privacy.
