IDEMIA Public Security and Proof, a digital identity platform company, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at building the credential infrastructure needed to carry verified identity on a phone. The collaboration targets the creation of verifiable digital credentials that work across physical, logical, and digital environments, with the mobile wallet as the intended home for those credentials.
The framework pairs IDEMIA Public Security’s biometric verification and authentication technologies with Proof’s public key infrastructure-based digital signature and authorization network. Together, they aim to establish an interoperable identity framework capable of embedding identity and biometric assurances into portable, user-controlled credentials.
What makes this relevant to the mobile identity space is the design philosophy at the core of the partnership. The verifiable digital credentials use selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs to minimize data sharing. Users can present only the specific attributes a service requires without exposing their full identity record. They can also revoke access or restrict credential use at any time, giving the holder ongoing control over how their stored credentials are used.
The joint framework targets financial institutions and enterprises seeking to modernize identity verification. Use cases include secure know-your-customer sharing, identity-affirmed payments, and regulatory compliance workflows. These are precisely the domains where mobile identity wallets have struggled to gain traction without a trusted, standards-aligned credential layer underneath them.
“By connecting biometric authentication and digital transaction trust under one framework, we’re creating the infrastructure for people to authenticate and authorize safely anywhere without giving up control of their personal data,” said Pat Kinsel, CEO of Proof.
Matt Cole, CEO of IDEMIA Public Security, said the partnership builds a global foundation of confidence for digital interactions. IDEMIA Public Security has been active in mobile credential infrastructure recently, having partnered with Trinsic to expand mobile driver’s license acceptance and received a U.S. patent for a cryptographically bound visible digital seal for identity documents.
Proof serves 8,000 organizations across financial services, government, real estate, and healthcare. The company started with remote online notarization and has since expanded into a broader identity authorization network.
The partnership aligns with wider industry momentum around verifiable credential standards from the W3C and FIDO Alliance, both of which have moved to define how credentials are issued, held, and presented across digital and in-person contexts.
By the Mobile ID World Editorial Team
