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Portugal: digital identity companies and projects

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Published 2026-10-14Updated 2026-10-14By MyID Editorial

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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

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CGD

Bank

Offers eligible customers account opening using CMD or Citizen Card.

Recorded status: Bank-specific integration · checked 2026-10-07

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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

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IRN

Public body

Reports participation as a relying party in the June 2025 wallet tests.

Recorded status: Historic pilot role · checked 2026-10-07

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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What remains uncertain?

Evidence methodology · Longer country reference

Companies and pilots across borders

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Explore 11 cross-border records
ARTEHQ: not confirmed
PT
CGDHQ: not confirmed
PT
AMAHQ: not confirmed
PT
IRNHQ: not confirmed
PT
SIBSHQ: not confirmed
PT
gov.pt appHQ: not confirmed
PT
Chave Móvel Digital (CMD)HQ: not confirmed
PT
POTENTIALHQ: not confirmed
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VeridasHQ: Spain
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Veridas identity verification for account-opening certificate flowsHQ: not confirmed
PT
DC4EUHQ: not confirmed
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