Use Cases — Digital credential verification

Explore use cases for digital credential verification

Digital credentials, issued by governments, institutions, and authorised organisations into digital wallets, are replacing physical documents, manual checks, and fragmented identity systems across every sector.

Identity & Access

Verify who someone is, and what they can prove

Financial Services

Onboarding, payments, fraud, insurance, and entity verification

Health & Social Security

Prescriptions and cross-border coverage

Travel & Hospitality

Digital travel documents and passenger verification

Digital Travel Credential

Accept digital travel documents at the border, at check-in, and in your booking flow. Cryptographic replacement for passport scanning.

Consumer & Retail

Age-restricted sales and privacy-preserving checks

Age Verification

Verify a customer's age without collecting their date of birth. Receive only a cryptographic "over 18" proof.

Education & Employment

Qualifications, licences, and professional credentials

Educational Credentials

Verify degrees, diplomas, and professional certificates instantly, without contacting the issuer.

Accessibility & Social Services

Disability entitlements and parking permits

AI & Automation

Delegation and authority for autonomous agents

Agentic AI and Machine Identity

Verify what an AI agent is authorised to do, and on whose behalf. Delegation credentials for the age of autonomous agents.

eIDAS 2.0 Deadlines

The regulatory clock is running

EU Digital Identity Wallets are becoming mandatory for many organisations. Vidos digital credential verification infrastructure can help you meet these requirements before deadlines arrive.

Dec 2026

Public Sector

Government services must accept EUDI Wallet credentials for citizen authentication.

Dec 2027

Banks, Insurers, Telecoms, Travel, Energy, Healthcare & Major Online Platforms

Must accept wallet credentials for Strong User Authentication. Penalties up to €5M or 1% of turnover.

How it works

One integration for every use case

Vidos provides the verification layer between the credential holder's wallet and your application via a single API integration.

1

Authorizer

Request

Generates a presentation request and sends it to the user's wallet, specifying which credentials are needed.

2

Verifier

Verify

Checks the credential cryptographically: signature, issuer trust chain, revocation status, expiry.

3

Validator

Validate

Applies your business rules: attribute checks, policy matching, AML hooks, age thresholds.

4

Result

Respond

Returns a structured verification result with an audit trail to your application.

Don't see your use case?

Evaluating a scenario not listed here? We scope custom verification policies for any standards-compliant credential type.