When will EUDI Wallet become a business reality?

About this episode

This episode looks beyond the official EUDI Wallet rollout deadlines and explains why 2030 is the realistic year for commercial adoption. It also maps out which businesses are legally obligated to accept these wallets. Tune in to discover why eIDs are not dinosaurs. Find out how attribute attestation moves wallets beyond simple logins into secure data sharing. Guest expert: Esther Makaay, VP of Digital Identity at Signicat & Member of EUDI Wallet Consortium. She's an expert in trust frameworks, digital IDs and eID schemes. KEY MOMENTS: (00:00) Episode teaser and topic introduction (01:50) Meet the guest expert Esther Makaay: why compliance is like a board game (04:16) What is the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet? (07:33) The parallel universe of wallet deadlines (14:18) Why 2030 is realistic for commercial adoption (17:29) Who is legally obligated to accept the EUDI Wallets (21:35) Why would citizens adopt EUDI Wallets? (28:04) eID and wallet coexistence: are eIDs dinosaurs? (31:39) Wallet onboarding puzzles (33:33) Final takeaways: will the EUDI Wallet succeed? --- USEFUL RESOURCES: The ⁠article on the state of readiness of the EUDI Wallets⁠ mentioned