What Potential does

Potential refers to two sequential EU-funded Large Scale Pilot (LSP) consortium projects — POTENTIAL (2021–September 2025) and its successor APTITUDE (October 2025–September 2027) — coordinated by ANTS (Agence nationale des titres sécurisés), a public administrative body under the French Ministry of the Interior. The projects build, test, and validate prototypes of the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) under the eIDAS 2 regulation, working across 12–19 EU Member States and Ukraine with 117–141+ public and private partners. Collectively they cover 10 use cases: eGov Services, Bank Account Opening, SIM Card Registration, Mobile Driving Licence, Qualified eSignature, ePrescription (POTENTIAL), and Digital Travel Credentials, Smart Ticketing & Check-in, Mobile Vehicle Registration Certificate, and Payments with Strong Customer Authentication (APTITUDE).

The underlying technology is EU Digital Identity Wallet infrastructure compliant with eIDAS 2, encompassing wallet applications, credential issuers, relying party systems, and trust frameworks for cross-border digital identity verification. Core technical components include Personal Identification Data (PID), Mobile Driving Licences (mDL), Digital Travel Credentials (DTC), and attribute credentials stored in citizen-controlled wallets. The consortium operates a Playground interoperability testing environment and runs EUDIW Unfold Interop Weeks and the EUDI Wallets Launchpad to validate cross-wallet and cross-relying-party compatibility, with the 2025 Launchpad involving 20 issuers, 30 verifiers, 15 wallets and 500+ test combinations.

The business model is grant-based, not commercial. POTENTIAL and APTITUDE are co-funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme (50% EU funding, 50% national co-funding from Member States), with no commercial pricing model. The resulting wallet implementations are deployed by individual Member States as public services to citizens (e.g., France Identité with 3+ million users, Portugal's gov.pt Digital Business Wallet). Customer segments are European citizens (primary persona), public administrations (primary business unit), and private-sector businesses in banking, travel, transportation, hospitality, and retail (secondary business unit). Go-to-market is event-driven via pilot programs, interoperability testing weeks, and industry conferences (BITKOM eIDAS Summit, Identity Week Europe, PTE World, ID4Africa) rather than commercial sales motions.

Name

Potential

Legal name

Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS)

Website

https://digital-identity-wallet.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Potential refers to the EU-funded POTENTIAL and APTITUDE Large Scale Pilot consortia coordinated by France's ANTS, building and testing European Digital Identity Wallet prototypes across 12-19 EU Member States plus Ukraine with 140+ partners, funded under the Digital Europe Programme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Identity / EU Digital Identity Wallet

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Customer Identity (KYC/CDD/EDD) & Onboarding (FSAMAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

KYC/Client Due Diligence & Participant Onboarding Controls (FSAFAKAF), Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (BPAHAFAL)

Keywords

• Digital identity wallet
• EU digital identity
• EIDAS 2 compliance
• Cross-border authentication
• Interoperability testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleville-Mézières

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. EU Research Funding: The POTENTIAL and APTITUDE projects are co-funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme. POTENTIAL operated for 3 years as a Large Scale Pilot. APTITUDE runs for 24 months (October 2025 – September 2027) with 50% EU funding and 50% national co-funding from Member States.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

POTENTIAL is a European Commission Large-Scale Pilot consortium project that builds prototypes and tests everyday use cases of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) under eIDAS 2 regulation across 19 European member states plus Ukraine. The project tests six citizen use cases (eGov Services, Bank Account Opening, SIM Card Registration, Mobile Driving Licence, Qualified eSignature, ePrescription) and is succeeded by APTITUDE (October 2025–September 2027), which adds four additional use cases (Digital Travel Credentials, Smart Ticketing & Check-in, Mobile Vehicle Registration Certificate, Payments with Strong Customer Authentication). All work is coordinated by ANTS (Agence nationale des titres sécurisés) under France's Ministry of the Interior and co-funded by the European Commission.

Product overview

POTENTIAL is a European Large-Scale Pilot consortium focused on building prototypes and testing everyday use cases of EU Digital Identity Wallets. The consortium brings together 19 European Member States and Ukraine with 140+ public and private partners. POTENTIAL tests six citizen use cases: eGov Services, Bank Account Opening, SIM Card Registration, Mobile Driving Licence, Qualified eSignature, and ePrescription. The successor project APTITUDE, launched in October 2025, continues this work with four additional use cases: Digital Travel Credentials, Smart Ticketing & Check-in, Mobile Vehicle Registration Certificate, and Payments with Strong Customer Authentication. Both projects are coordinated by ANTS (Agence nationale des titres sécurisés) under the French Ministry of the Interior and are co-funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• eGov Services A digital ID use case suitable for accessing citizenship procedures online.
• Bank Account Opening A secure digital ID use case that can be used to open current and savings bank accounts everywhere in Europe, including across borders.
• SIM Card Registration A secure digital ID use case suitable for activating pre-paid and post-paid mobile telephone contracts online, including cross-border subscriptions.
• Mobile Driving Licence A secure digital driving licence use case that will be accepted by car rental agents and police officers everywhere in Europe.
• Qualified eSignature A secure qualified digital signature use case that will enable all citizens across Europe to sign documents and declarations remotely.
• ePrescription A secure digital way to fill or refill prescriptions anywhere in Europe.
• Digital Travel Credentials Digital travel credentials enabling smoother and faster border crossings by allowing citizens to travel using a secure digital version of their passport.
• Smart Ticketing & Check-in Booking, validating and accessing transport and mobility services through the digital wallet.
• Mobile Vehicle Registration Certificate Storing and sharing vehicle documents digitally with instant cross-border verification.
• Payments with Strong Customer Authentication Secure, simple and interoperable payments across Europe enabled through the digital identity wallet.
• Portugal Digital Business Wallet The first national Digital Business Wallet in the EU, integrated into the gov.pt app, consolidating corporate documentation such as Electronic Company Card, Tax Status Certificate, Social Security Status Certificate, and Central Register of Beneficial Ownership.
• Lithuania EUDI Wallet Sandbox National EUDI Wallet sandbox environment for Lithuania, delivering a national test environment for digital identity activities ahead of EU-wide EUDI Wallet implementation, built on Procivis One eIDAS 2.0-compliant technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Portugal's Digital Business Wallet issued 36,518 documents to 10,275 companies within 3 months of launch
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• ARTE (Portugal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2026ARTE (Agência para a Modernização Administrativa) developed Portugal's Digital Business Wallet, the first national Digital Business Wallet in the EU, integrated into the gov.pt app.
• 19 European Member States and UkrainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPOTENTIAL consortium brought together 19 European member states and Ukraine in a collaborative effort to build prototypes and test everyday use cases of the European Digital Identity Wallet, funded by the European Commission.
• 117+ Public and Private PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPTITUDE consortium initially brought together 117 public and private partners across 11 EU Member States (France, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Hungary) plus Ukraine. The consortium later grew to include 141+ partners across 13 countries with Estonia's addition.
• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe European Commission funds and oversees the Large Scale Pilot projects (POTENTIAL, APTITUDE, WE BUILD) through the Digital Europe Programme. The EC sets the regulatory framework (eIDAS 2) and defines requirements for EUDI Wallets.
• GRNET (Greece)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRNET leads Aptitude's WP8 work package for Marketing and Communications. Artemis Psarianou serves as Head of Marketing and Communications Dept. and WP8 Aptitude Lead.
• Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDSGV hosted the Aptitude Connect Berlin meeting in April 2026 for the six-month progress review, bringing together 43 experts from 12 EU Member States and Ukraine.
• WE BUILD ConsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWE BUILD (Wallet Ecosystem for Business and payments) is the companion Large Scale Pilot focusing on European Business Wallets. Together with APTITUDE, these two consortia test the full range of EUDI Wallet use cases.
• NOBID, DC4EU, EWCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrevious European Large Scale Pilots that laid the groundwork for POTENTIAL. APTITUDE builds on the insights of these previous LSPs, marking a key step toward aligning the EU with the ambitions of the Digital Decade.
• ID4AfricaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading international forum on digital identity and digital public infrastructure. Aptitude participated in the 2026 edition in Abidjan to discuss European digital identity progress and global interoperability.
• France Identité (France)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance Identité is the French national digital identity wallet that serves as a reference implementation and pilot platform for APTITUDE use cases. Already has 3+ million users with use cases including identity verification, driving licence, and boarding authentication.
• EPI Company / WerominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean Payments Initiative contributing to the Payments and Banking use case within APTITUDE. Wero is a European account-to-account instant payment solution being explored for integration with EUDI Wallets.
• City of AmsterdamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in APTITUDE consortium presenting Travel Wallet use case demonstrating how users can rent bicycles or scooters across Europe through secure identity verification and selective data sharing.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• iProov: Biometric face-verification provider used in government and financial digital identity onboarding flows (including eIDAS-related schemes). Comparable as a vendor of identity verification technology that EUDI wallets rely on for remote onboarding.
• Thales Digital Identity and Security: Global incumbent providing digital identity, eID, and credential issuance technology used in national eID programs. Operates as a commercial vendor in the same digital identity space that POTENTIAL pilots, but across a much broader portfolio including payments, SIMs, and border control.
• IDEMIA: Major identity and credential provider supplying eID documents, biometric verification, and digital wallet infrastructure to governments. A commercial peer operating in the same eID/wallet category as POTENTIAL's pilots but with a global, multi-product portfolio.
• Entrust (formerly Onfido): Provider of digital identity verification, KYC, and credential issuance solutions after its acquisition of Onfido. Competes in the same identity verification / onboarding space that EUDI wallets target for bank account opening and SIM registration use cases.
• Veriff: Identity verification platform providing KYC, AML, and biometric onboarding services used by regulated businesses across Europe. Operates as a commercial peer in the customer identity / digital onboarding category that EUDI wallets aim to standardize.

Direct peers

• DC4EU (Digital Credentials for Europe): Predecessor LSP focused on digital credentials for education, professional qualifications, and social security across EU member states. Same Digital Europe Programme structure and same interoperability mandate as POTENTIAL.
• WE BUILD Consortium: Companion EU Large-Scale Pilot project focusing on the European Business Wallet segment of the EUDI ecosystem. Operates under the same Digital Europe Programme, eIDAS 2 framework, and Member State coordination model as POTENTIAL/APTITUDE, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• NOBID Consortium: Predecessor EU Large-Scale Pilot focused on integrating EUDI Wallets with Nordic and European payment services for SCA-compliant transactions. Same EC funding mechanism, same eIDAS mandate, and overlapping partner ecosystem as POTENTIAL.
• EWC (European Wallet Consortium): Earlier EU Large-Scale Pilot developing reference EUDI Wallet implementations with the same consortium-based, EC-funded model. Forms part of the same LSP lineage (NOBID, DC4EU, EWC, POTENTIAL, APTITUDE, WE BUILD).

Emerging players

• Procivis AG: Swiss-headquartered eIDAS 2.0-compliant wallet platform provider (Procivis One) selected by Lithuania in February 2026 to deliver its national EUDI Wallet sandbox. A direct technology partner in POTENTIAL/APTITUDE and a likely commercial beneficiary of the ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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