Verimi discontinues Verimi ID Wallet at end of 2026
We're saying goodbye. - Verimi ↗ · repeat of an earlier article
What happened
- Verimi will discontinue the Verimi ID Wallet at the end of 2026.
- Verimi states it decided to discontinue the service citing forthcoming European regulatory changes, new standards and the effort to operate a wallet at its security and compliance level.
- The Verimi app has been permanently discontinued and is no longer available.
- Data not subject to legal retention obligations will be irrevocably deleted after deactivation.
Why it matters to Signicat
- Exit of a German wallet with several million users removes a Verimi wallet route from the German identity market; users and partners must migrate. Signicat's DACH wallet and eID routes may gain partner-migration demand.
- Verimi attributes the exit to EUDI-related compliance cost, which is a vendor-stated rationale rather than independently verified.
Evidence from the source (6 quotes)
- “Verimi will be discontinuing the Verimi ID Wallet at the end of 2026.” source ↗
- “The forthcoming regulatory changes in Europe and the introduction of new European standards are creating additional requirements, and we have therefore decided to discontinue the service at the end of 2026.” source ↗
- “The Verimi app has been permanently discontinued and is no longer available.” source ↗
- “Data which we are not obliged to retain will be irrevocably deleted.” source ↗
- “With several million users and numerous partnerships, the Verimi ID wallet has achieved widespread acceptance in the market.” source ↗
- “operating and continuously developing an ID wallet to this level of security and compliance involves considerable effort.” source ↗
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4 of 4 facts verified against the source · confidence high · claude-haiku-5-5