Authologic wins EU digital identity wallet registration

Authologic has been registered to issue Electronic Attestations of Attributes for EU Digital Identity Wallets, making it one of the first providers in Europe to do so.

According to Authologic, the registration was granted by Narodowy Bank Polski, making it the first business in Poland with that status. It can now issue cryptographically signed credentials that people and organisations can share through EU Digital Identity Wallets.

The development comes as Europe prepares for a broad shift in digital identity rules. Under eIDAS 2.0, all 27 EU member states must make at least one European Digital Identity Wallet available from December 2026. The EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, due to take effect from July 2027, is also expected to increase the use of electronic identification in customer checks.

That puts fresh pressure on banks, fintech groups, telecoms companies, crypto businesses and other regulated sectors to adapt systems that have largely relied on document capture, database checks and national electronic identity schemes. Wallet-based credentials are designed to let users carry verified information and present only the specific attribute required for a transaction.

How it works

Electronic Attestations of Attributes, or EAAs, are signed digital credentials that confirm facts about a person or organisation. These can include age, address, professional qualifications, bank account ownership or the right to work.

The model is intended to support selective disclosure. A user could prove a single attribute, such as being over a required age threshold, without disclosing the full underlying record or unrelated personal data.

For businesses, this offers an alternative to checks built around scanned documents and selfie matching. A bank, employer, university or public body can issue a verified fact into a digital wallet, which the user can later present to another business that accepts the credential.

Authologic said the service is available immediately and includes both issuance and verification of EAAs. It has also opened a testing environment for businesses that want to try issuing and verifying the credentials.

Regulatory shift

The registration reflects Europe's shift from nationally fragmented digital identity systems towards a common framework. The EU wallet programme is intended to create a standard way for citizens and businesses to use verified digital credentials across borders and sectors.

Poland has already seen relatively broad adoption of digital identity compared with many other European markets. The country has an established national electronic identity scheme and bank-based identity services used in public administration, giving local providers a base from which to expand into the new wallet framework.

Outside its home market, Authologic works with banks, exchanges and fintech groups preparing for the new rules. Founded in 2020, the Warsaw-based company also has offices in London and San Francisco. It says it serves more than 100 regulated businesses, including OKX, eToro and Erste.

Authologic recently announced a partnership with Google focused on making wallet-based credentials available to businesses. The agreement sits alongside the wider European push to turn digital identity from a policy goal into an operational requirement for regulated sectors.

The significance of the registration lies in the role issuers will play in the wallet ecosystem. For businesses and public bodies to rely on digital credentials, they need trusted entities that can issue attestations under recognised rules and enable other parties to verify them quickly.

That need is likely to grow as compliance regimes evolve. Anti-money-laundering checks, onboarding requirements and other regulated processes could increasingly depend on digital credentials that can be reused rather than recreated for each transaction.

Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authologic, set out the company's view of the market shift. "Electronic attestations and EUDI Wallets will soon become a core part of how identity works across Europe," said Sygitowicz. "Being registered to issue them places Authologic at the centre of an identity infrastructure that will underpin digital identity for around 450 million Europeans. Regulated businesses need to be ready to both issue and accept these credentials, and we're giving them the infrastructure to do that."