IDEMIA Chosen by French Government for its National ID Verification Program

French government agency Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS) will be teaming up with IDEMIA to support the national digital identity program, called ‘France Identité Numérique’.

With their consent, France residents accessing the service can prove their identity remotely by simply placing their eID card on the back of their mobile phone.

IDEMIA stated that many other secure online services will be offered and will be supported by the Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI)-certified authentication system.

The new French national eID card (CNIe) was introduced in August 2021 (see IDN March 2021). It will allow consumers in France to carry out digital transactions with their smartphones.

Consumers will get an authentication request on their phones. French residents will then place their CNIe on the back of their mobile phone, which will communicate via Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology.