Portugal: digital identity companies and projects
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Portugal connects its government app and CMD identity service with domestic documents and bank onboarding.
Companies and public bodies
ARTE
Public-service app developer
The gov.pt app page names ARTE as developer.
Recorded status: Official app description · checked 2026-10-08
CGD
Bank
Offers eligible customers account opening using CMD or Citizen Card.
Recorded status: Bank-specific integration · checked 2026-10-07
AMA
Named pilot organisation
IRN names AMA as Portuguese wallet provider in June 2025 interoperability work.
Recorded status: Historic pilot role · checked 2026-10-07
IRN
Public body
Reports participation as a relying party in the June 2025 wallet tests.
Recorded status: Historic pilot role · checked 2026-10-07
SIBS
Named pilot participant; entity unspecified
IRN names SIBS as a relying party in the 2025 pilot.
Recorded status: Historic pilot, not production role · checked 2026-10-07
Veridas
Private identity-verification provider
Veridas' May 2026 article says it serves clients in Portugal and provides identity verification for banks' certificate-based account-opening flows.
Recorded status: Provider-described country offering (28 May 2026) · checked 2026-10-09
Instituto Segurança Social
Listed programme participant
DC4EU lists Instituto Segurança Social under Portugal as Listed consortium participant.
Recorded status: Listed consortium participant · checked 2026-10-09
Universidade do Porto
Listed programme participant
DC4EU lists Universidade do Porto under Portugal as Listed consortium participant.
Recorded status: Listed consortium participant · checked 2026-10-09
Services and projects
gov.pt app
Government identity and document app
Describes CMD login, signing and domestic documents, with service restrictions.
Recorded status: Existing national service · checked 2026-10-08
Chave Móvel Digital (CMD)
National identity method
Used in the gov.pt app and eligible CGD account-opening flows.
Recorded status: Existing national method · checked 2026-10-08
POTENTIAL interoperability work
Cross-border pilot
IRN reports Portugal's AMA as wallet provider and IRN/SIBS as relying parties at the Vilnius interoperability tests on 26 and 27 May 2025.
Recorded status: Historical pilot, April 2023 to September 2025 · checked 2026-10-09
Veridas identity verification for account-opening certificate flows
Provider-described integration or service
Veridas' May 2026 article says it serves clients in Portugal and provides identity verification for banks' certificate-based account-opening flows.
Recorded status: Provider-described country offering (28 May 2026) · checked 2026-10-09
DC4EU
Digital identity consortium programme
DC4EU lists Instituto Segurança Social and Universidade do Porto as consortium participants.
Recorded status: Listed pilot consortium participants; not production or national appointments · checked 2026-10-09
What remains uncertain?
- Identity-data issuer: Not established by the sources selected for this view. This is an evidence gap, not a finding of absence.
- Wallet certification: Not established by the sources selected for this view. This is an evidence gap, not a finding of absence.
- Foreign-wallet acceptance: Not established by the sources selected for this view. This is an evidence gap, not a finding of absence.
Companies and pilots across borders
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