Drop in digital credential verification
Authenticate customers instantly using digital credentials stored in Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and government wallets, with built-in biometric binding to ensure the credential holder is the real person.
A simple API to verify digital credentials
const { data } = await digitalCredential.requestCredential({
action: "verifyOver21",
});
if (data.claims.ageOver21) {
// Verified over 21
}
What are digital credentials?
Digital credentials are secure, digitally signed identity or entitlement documents stored in a digital wallet. They can be issued by governments, businesses, or organizations.
Government
Driver's licenses, passports, national IDs
Access & membership
Season passes, student IDs, loyalty cards
Licensing
Fishing licenses, professional credentials
A trusted issuer, government, or organization creates and signs a digital credential and places it into a wallet.
A user securely stores the credential in their digital wallet (Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, or a government/organisation wallet).
A business requests specific fields, our API verifies the issuer and the data, and can perform a live face match to confirm the person is the true holder.
Why it matters
Faster onboarding, stronger privacy, lower fraud, and no more storing photos of IDs.
Why verify digital credentials with Authsignal
Add credential verification and biometric authentication to your app in minutes, not months.
Developer-friendly API
A simple, flexible API built for modern identity flows
Fast, private, secure
Built for regulated industries and privacy-conscious teams
Selective disclosure
Request only the verified fields you need - nothing more
Biometric binding
Live face match between the credential photo and the user's real-time selfie
Three ways to use digital credentials
One-off checks
Verify a digital credential without tying it to a user profile. Check age, licence validity, or entitlement. Perfect for online age gates, simple compliance checks, and lightweight verification flows.
Identify & recover accounts
Use digital credentials + a live biometric match to securely identify a user. Map credential claims to a user and require face matching to ensure the presenter is the real owner. Ideal for account recovery.
Strong authentication factor
Treat a digital credential + biometric match as a high-assurance MFA factor. Works similarly to passkeys but with verified identity claims. Ideal for sensitive transactions and secure access flows.
Key use cases
Age verification
Replace manual ID checks with instant, fraud-proof age confirmation
Identity verification
Cut onboarding time from days to seconds with verified government IDs
Digital memberships & passes
Authenticate access rights instantly across any credential type
Online safety & age gating
Meet platform safety requirements with cryptographically verified age proof
Account recovery
Prove ownership without passwords, SMS codes, or phone support
How it works
Simple, visual, PM-friendly version of the API flow
Business requests verification
Your system calls the Digital Credential Verification API with the fields it needs.
API call specifies required fields (e.g., age, name, document validity)
User presents credentials (selective disclosure)
User taps or scans a QR to share verified fields from their wallet.
Only requested fields are shared — nothing more
Biometric binding
Authsignal performs a real-time selfie check to ensure holder = credential owner.
Live face match confirms the person presenting is the true holder
Verification result delivered
Your app receives the verification result, including selected fields.
Instant response with verified data and match status
Verify digital IDs today, with biometric assurance
For product, security, and risk teams preparing for digital wallets and regulatory change.
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Authsignal delivers passwordless and multi-factor authentication as a service. Focused on powering mid-market and enterprise businesses to rapidly deploy optimized good customer flows that enable a flexible and risk-based approach to authentication.
