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We built eIDAS Pro around the EU Digital Identity Wallet. So why are we adding bank-eID now? Because the mandates are landing in 2026, the wallets are not — and eID is the live, privacy-first bridge that carries you from today's rules to tomorrow's wallet.
Since January 2026 Google Play requires dating apps to block under-18 users. Here's how European dating platforms can comply with bank-grade eID verification — a signed yes/no from the user's own bank or itsme, without collecting a single ID document.
The EU age-verification app hands your service a signed boolean in the namespace eu.europa.ec.av.1 — but a boolean is only as trustworthy as who signed it. Here is what that namespace contains, and exactly how a verifier proves the attestation is genuine using the Age Verification Trusted List.
On 29 April 2026 the Commission urged member states to deploy a white-label EU age-verification app integrated with EUDI Wallets. Within 48 hours Germany, Ireland, France, Poland, and Estonia signalled they would not. The fragmentation is now a Council process — and a merchant integration problem.
Ireland is on track for an end-2026 wallet launch and has opened public opt-in testing. The age-assurance debate it is shaping will set the tone for every age-restricted business in the EU.