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06/06/2026 11:25 am
TL;DR: European banks face a converging set of EUDI wallet obligations under eIDAS 2.0, AMLR and the emerging PSR/PSD3 text, with voluntary wallet acceptance for strong customer authentication due by 24 December 2027, according to OneSpan. The unresolved issue is not whether banks must adapt, but how they will govern authentication assurance, outsourcing boundaries and fraud accountability as wallet diversity expands.
Editorial analysis by NHI Mgmt Group, based on content published by OneSpan: “Pourquoi les banques européennes doivent agir dès maintenant concernant les portefeuilles EUDI : facteurs réglementaires, échéances et ambiguïtés actuelles”.
Key questions
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.
Q: Why do EUDI wallets create outsourcing and accountability questions?
A: Because wallet-based identity flows may involve external providers in steps that banks still need to govern, even when the bank keeps the final decision.
Q: What breaks if banks treat wallet acceptance as only a front-end change?
A: The control model breaks first.
Practitioner guidance
- Define the wallet trust boundary Map where the bank issues, verifies and relies on wallet-presented identity attributes, then document which steps remain under bank control and which depend on third parties.
- Rework onboarding evidence rules Specify when QEAA can replace document capture or selfie review, and when the journey still requires escalation, manual review or additional fraud checks.
- Test strong customer authentication governance Validate how wallet-based authentication fits the bank's SCA model, including evidence retention, dispute handling and consistency across channels.
Bottom line: EUDI wallet support is driving a governance shift in banking identity, not just a new authentication option.
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06/06/2026 12:12 pm
EUDI wallet adoption is an IAM governance problem before it is a channel upgrade. The article is not really about a new login method. It is about how banks reclassify trust when identity evidence comes from a wallet ecosystem rather than from a bank-owned registration flow. That changes assurance, evidence quality, and operational ownership across onboarding and authentication.
A question worth separating out:
Q: What is the difference between wallet-based authentication and bank-issued login controls?
A: Bank-issued login controls are managed end to end by the institution, while wallet-based authentication depends on externally issued identity evidence that the bank accepts and verifies. That distinction matters because assurance, audit evidence and accountability are shared differently, even if the bank still makes the final accept or reject decision.
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