Signicat, the Norway-headquartered digital identity platform, has achieved certification against the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) for its NFC-based identity and document verification technology, known as ReadID, along with its orchestration services. The certification follows an independent audit by the Kantara Initiative and covers use cases including Right to Work, Right to Rent and Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The company’s ReadID technology performs document verification and facial verification checks to confirm that a user is physically present and is the legitimate holder of the submitted document. Signicat said the system is already processing millions of transactions per month across public and private institutions, though it did not name specific clients or provide a breakdown of the transaction volume by sector.
Regulatory backdrop
The certification arrives at a transitional moment for UK digital identity policy. The government recently ended its separate Digital Identity scheme, consolidating authority under the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, which now functions as the principal regulator and enabler of digital identity adoption in the country. The DIATF itself provides the standards framework against which providers are independently audited, and certification is expected to become a baseline requirement for organisations operating in high-trust environments such as financial services, recruitment and housing.
Ray Ryan, UK Country Manager at Signicat, said: “Organisations and individuals spend an exorbitant amount of time and money trying to keep up with fragmented identity regulations across Europe and the UK. The DIATF certification alongside our other certifications ensures regulated sectors have a unified, independently certified secure method to onboard staff and customers instantly, without leaving the door open to sophisticated fraud.”
Market context and competitive positioning
The UK digital identity verification market is well populated. Incumbents such as Yoti, Onfido (now part of Entrust) and iProov, alongside international providers including Thales and IDEX Biometrics, are competing for the same regulated-sector contracts. DIATF certification is an increasingly important differentiator because regulated buyers in financial services, insurance and the public sector are under pressure to source identity verification from audited, government-recognised providers rather than relying on proprietary or self-attested compliance claims.
Signicat’s broader position draws on its European footprint. The company serves more than 20,000 customers across 45 countries and is participating in several EU Digital Identity Wallet Large-Scale Pilots, including WE BUILD, Aptitude, NOBID and EWC. That cross-jurisdictional presence matters as UK and EU identity frameworks evolve in parallel but along diverging paths post-Brexit. Providers able to maintain certifications in both regimes, and to offer orchestration that bridges them, carry a structural advantage with multinational clients navigating both eIDAS 2.0 in the EU and the DIATF in the UK.
The regulatory read-across extends to financial services specifically. Anti-money laundering obligations under the AMLR, PSD2 authentication requirements and the FCA‘s Customer Due Diligence rules all create demand for certified identity proofing at onboarding. A DIATF-certified component layer simplifies compliance architecture for regulated entities that might otherwise need to maintain separate identity stacks for UK and European customers. Signicat’s next milestones to watch include the expansion of certified use cases beyond the current three and any announcements of named UK financial services customers using the newly certified components.
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