SSI Mandate Service

Website

https://www.visma.com/

The SSI mandate provides mandates completely peer to peer and isn’t limited to individuals only.

ProjectID

ESSI_IOC_43

Acronym

SSIMandate

Additional Info

The SSI mandate service is a generic and holistic approach to provide and request mandates. Mandates are SSI credentials signed by the dependent that can be requested by either the dependent or authorized representative. These credentials can be used to prove to a verifier that the authorized representative is authorized to act for specific actions on behalf of the dependent. The mandate credentials are stored in the wallet of the authorized representative as opposed to a central database in current systems. The dependent can revoke this credential at any point in time if he/she no longer wants the authorized representative to act on their behalf by updating a revocation hash on the blockchain. A SSI wallet can also represent a device or institution, for example a company can use a SSI company wallet to authorize employee’s to access the building or use the company credit card up to a certain amount.

Enduser Relevance

We want to build a mandate service that is easy to use and reliable.
Currently, this is often done using a signature on paper that can easily be falsified or requires DigID (digital authentication provider) which is not very user-friendly.