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11/11/2026 6:04 pm
TL;DR: Passkey interoperability is expanding into verifiable credentials and agent authentication, according to Hopae. Wallets, credentials and agent actions now need linked trust and traceability across borders and platforms.
Editorial analysis by NHI Mgmt Group, based on content published by Hopae: “Hopae Joins the FIDO Alliance”.
Key questions
Q: Can digital credentials be trusted across different wallets?
A: Yes, but only when trust is established per wallet and per issuer.
Q: How should teams govern agent payments with delegated identity?
A: Teams should govern agent payments with delegated identity by limiting the agent’s authority to a narrow payment scope, binding each payment action to a human owner, and logging traceability back to the accountable approver.
Q: Did passkeys solve cross-border identity portability?
A: No. Passkeys strengthen local authentication with phishing-resistant cryptography, but they do not solve cross-border identity portability, because relying parties still need shared trust policy, presentation rules, and account matching logic. Portability across jurisdictions depends on federation, assurance alignment, recovery, and governance of the underlying human identity.
Practitioner guidance
- Define wallet trust rules Set explicit acceptance criteria for wallet certification, device binding, recovery and revocation before enabling digital credential acceptance across borders.
- Separate issuance from acceptance policy Document which issuers, schemes and presentation rules are acceptable for each relying-party use case so assurance does not rely on ad hoc decisions.
- Model delegated actions as scoped authority Require each agent or delegated workflow to carry a human or organisational mandate, scope limit and auditable origin for every payment or task.
Bottom line: Passkey adoption was an important step, but it does not by itself solve how identities and credentials move safely across schemes, wallets and relying parties.
Glossary terms: Passkey, Verifiable Credentials (VCs), Digital Identity Wallet, Agentic Authentication
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11/11/2026 6:06 pm
Credential portability is becoming an identity governance problem, not just an interoperability project. Passkeys proved that shared standards can replace passwords at scale, but verifiable credentials raise the stakes because acceptance now depends on issuer trust, wallet integrity and relying-party policy. That means the control question moves from sign-in strength to trust chain governance. Practitioners should govern portability as a lifecycle issue, not as a one-time integration decision.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What is the difference between authentication and credential verification?
A: Authentication proves who or what is presenting a credential, while credential verification checks that the credential itself is valid, authentic and unexpired. In practice, a system may authenticate a holder with a passkey, then verify the credential signature, issuer status and claims before granting access.
👉 Read our full editorial: FIDO credentials shift identity governance from passwords to wallets