BankID
BankID is an electronic identification system in Sweden. With a usage rate of 94% among smartphone users, it is the single largest such service in Sweden by a large margin, and is administered by Finansiell ID-Teknik BID AB that is owned by several Swedish and Scandinavian banks. In 2022, Bank-id had about 8.4 million active users and was supported by over 6000 web services. Only individuals with a Swedish personal identity number can acquire Bank-id.
| Developer(s) | Finansiell ID-Teknik BID AB |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Operating system | Android (and Android Go), iOS, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Available in | Swedish and English |
| Type | Electronic identification |
| Website | bankid |
| Industry | Information technology |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | BankID |
| Owner | |
Number of employees | 22 (2018) |
| Website | bankid |
| Footnotes / references Organization number: 556630-4928 | |
Bank-id has existed in following variations:
- Bank-id on file (on computer)
- Bank-id on card (connected to a token device)
- Mobile Bank-id (mobile based solution)
- Bank-id in mobile (a discontinued SIM card based solution)
Example of usage areas are Swish payments, bank login, login to e-government, and access to medical records via Vårdguiden 1177.
There is also a separate personal electronic identification service in Norway that goes by the name BankID developed and released by Norwegian banks in 2004, and while it functions similarly, it is completely independent from the Swedish BankID.