Building next-gen ID & ID wallet platforms for clients

Executive Summary

A leading global digital transformation company partnered with walt.id to solve the complex "plumbing" challenges of decentralized identity. They required a powerful, all-in-one infrastructure to enable end-to-end (E2E) solutions—from Issuance to Verification and Wallet-as-a-Service—tailored for government and large-scale enterprise clients.

By leveraging The Enterprise Stack by walt.id, the partner developed versatile digital identity platforms that enable their clients to issue and verify digital credentials and provide ID wallets with speed and regulatory certainty. This platform allows for the launch of standards-compliant identity ecosystems across industries like travel, hospitality, and education, ensuring seamless digital experiences for millions of users worldwide.

The Challenge: Digital Transformation at Scale

As a top-tier digital consultant, the partner works with clients who require high-stakes solutions and cannot afford to deal with the volatility of immature technology. They identified several critical pain points in the market:

• Protocol Complexity: Manually implementing maturing standards like OpenID4VC and SD-JWT is high-risk and resource-intensive.
• Deployment Variety: Clients demand high flexibility, ranging from cloud-based IDaaS to self-managed on-premise solutions for strict data sovereignty.
• Regulatory Compliance: With global frameworks like eIDAS 2.0 emerging, the partner needed a core that was compliant "out of the box".
• Modular Customization: The partner required a developer-first, modular architecture to build highly customized, branded apps for their clients rather than a "black box" SaaS.

The Solution: ID Infrastructure for Builders

The partner chose “The Enterprise Stack” as their foundational identity engine, allowing them to focus on high-level UX and business transformation while walt.id handles the underlying technology and protocols. Key strategic reasons for the partnership included:

• All-in-One E2E Solution: A single stack for Issuers, Wallets, and Verifiers enables the fast building of complex use cases.
• Regulatory Readiness: Built-in support for global ecosystems (eIDAS 2.0, DISTF, NIST) ensures global market reach.
• Control & Sovereignty: An "Open Core" model ensures no vendor lock-in, giving the partner and its clients full control over keys and data.
• Industry Expertise: First-class support ensures production systems meet the highest standards of stability.

Use Cases

The platform built on walt.id’s infrastructure enables various use cases:

• Government Services: Building secure citizen ID wallets that streamline everything from tax filings to social benefit access.
• Education & Credentials: Issuing digital diplomas and certifications that can be instantly verified by employers globally.
• Travel & Hospitality: Enabling seamless, paperless check-in and travel experiences.
• Age Verification: Enabling privacy-preserving age verification without exposing unnecessary personal details.

Impact & Outlook

By leveraging walt.id’s infrastructure, the partner is set to empower governments and thousands of businesses to meet upcoming regulatory mandates while providing superior, privacy-first user experiences.

About walt.id

walt.id is the leading provider of open source digital ID and ID wallet infrastructure used by +35.000 developers and organizations - including governments and major businesses globally across +15 industries.

The company enables public sector and business clients to introduce wallet-based identity solutions compliant with standards and regulations.

walt.id’s products for Issuers, ID Wallet Providers and Verifiers are available in two product editions: The Community Stack, which is the industry’s leading open source solution and the Enterprise Stack, which is walt.id’s scalable, enterprise-grade solution for large organizations, complex use cases and providers of new IDaaS platforms.

For more information visit walt.id or get in touch.