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21/10/2026 7:00 pm
TL;DR: For Namirial, the EUDI Wallet shifts identity into a multi-role trust model, with users, issuers, relying parties and intermediaries carrying different obligations as EU rollout nears. Wallet-based journeys need role mapping, tighter governance and fewer attribute requests before deployment.
Editorial analysis by NHI Mgmt Group, based on content published by Namirial: “EUDI Wallet ecosystem actors: who does what, and where value is created”.
Key questions
Q: Why do wallet-based identity journeys change data minimisation requirements?
A: Because the wallet is designed for selective disclosure, every extra attribute request weakens the trust model and creates unnecessary privacy exposure.
Q: What breaks when a relying party treats all wallet credentials as equivalent?
A: Credential class matters because QEAA, EAA and public attestations carry different assurance levels, legal effects and dispute burdens.
Q: How should organisations prepare to accept the EUDI Wallet in onboarding flows?
A: Start by identifying every onboarding journey that will depend on wallet acceptance, then map the assurance threshold each journey actually needs.
Practitioner guidance
- Map your EUDI Wallet role set Identify whether your organisation will act as a wallet provider, issuer, relying party or intermediary, then define the controls and ownership for each role.
- Classify accepted credentials by assurance level Separate QEAA, EAA and public attestations in policy so onboarding, verification and dispute handling reflect their different legal effects.
- Minimise every attribute request Rewrite wallet-enabled journeys so each request asks only for the attributes necessary to complete the service purpose and no more.
Bottom line: The EUDI Wallet ecosystem shifts identity from a single authentication event to a multi-role trust model with different obligations for users, issuers, relying parties and intermediaries.
Glossary terms: Eudi Wallet, Qualified Electronic Attestation Of Attributes, Relying Party, Selective Disclosure
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This topic was modified 4 days ago by NHI Mgmt Group
23/10/2026 12:48 am
EUDI Wallet governance is becoming a role-management problem, not a product-selection problem. The article shows a trust ecosystem in which the user, issuer, wallet provider, relying party and intermediary all carry separate obligations. That means the real control question is who can assert, verify and consume identity evidence at each step. IAM teams should evaluate EUDI readiness as a governance and responsibility mapping exercise, not as a front-end integration task.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What should IAM teams check before outsourcing wallet interaction to an intermediary?
A: They should verify where the intermediary sits in the trust chain, what data it can see, and which obligations still remain with the relying party. The key risk is not only technical integration, but dependency on a third party that can reshape accountability and compliance handling.
👉 Read our full editorial: EUDI Wallet adoption will reshape identity and trust roles
This post was modified 4 days ago by NHI Mgmt Group