The European Commission has announced that it will fund a multi-national and multi-company consortium as part of a larger pilot project involving an ambitious regional digital wallet program, according to biometricupdate.com.
Many European Union leaders have wanted to see created an ID wallet, particularly one that transact payments. The pilot – one of four — is due to launch in March.
The consortium will be led by Nobid, also known as the Nordic-Baltic eID Project. Funding will come from the EU Commission’s Digital Europa Programme. Nations participating in the consortium will be representatives and business leaders from Norway, Latvia, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy and Latvia.
Technology players in the project include Thales and iProov.
Banking 4.0 – „how was the experience for you”
„So many people are coming here to Bucharest, people that I see and interact on linkedin and now I get the change to meet them in person. It was like being to the Football World Cup but this was the World Cup on linkedin in payments and open banking.”
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