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BankID Norway· first seen 31 Oct 2026 (date unconfirmed) L3 · Notable

BankID Norway states that users of the BankID app who have not previously scanned a passport or national ID card in the app must identify themselves again.

Bekrefte identitet - BankID ↗ · repeat of an earlier article

What happened

  • BankID Norway states that the ID check is done by scanning a passport or national ID card and the user's face in the BankID app.
  • BankID Norway states that the digital ID check is voluntary and users may instead verify identity through their bank.
  • BankID Norway states that scanned passport or ID data and face data are deleted automatically after 30 days, including at service providers.
  • BankID Norway states that users who do not complete the check will not lose their BankID for now.

Why it matters to Signicat

  • The change moves Norwegian BankID enrolment toward document-plus-selfie verification, a capability overlapping Signicat's document IDV and NFC offering in Nordic markets.
  • The mandatory-by-EU-requirement framing raises the baseline for Nordic eID users' verification expectations, relevant to Signicat's eID brokering of BankID.
Evidence from the source (6 quotes)
  • “I tiden som kommer vil mange brukere få beskjed i BankID-appen om å bekrefte identiteten sin ved å skanne pass eller nasjonalt ID-kort og eget ansikt.” source ↗
  • “Det er frivillig å gjennomføre ID-sjekken digitalt.” source ↗
  • “alt slettes automatisk etter 30 dager, også hos leverandører av tjenesten.” source ↗
  • “Det er likevel ikke slik at noen mister sin BankID nå om de ikke gjennomfører ID-kontrollen, av hensyn til digital inkludering.” source ↗
  • “skanne pass eller nasjonalt ID-kort og eget ansikt” source ↗
  • “Bakgrunnen er krav fra EU og innebærer at BankID-appen kun kan brukes av personer som har gjennomført en gyldig og dokumentert ID-kontroll.” source ↗
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