200+ Participating organisations
Wallet Ecosystem
for Business
and Payments
Use cases on Identification, Legal representation
and Data sharing
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Strengthening the European digital business identity ecosystem together

The WE BUILD Consortium is a large-scale, use-case driven European collaboration consisting of public authorities, private companies, academic institutions, and technology providers. Together, they aim to design, implement, and test a trusted digital business identity ecosystem based on the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) framework. In line with the European Commission’s vision for digital sovereignty, competitiveness, and administrative simplification — and supporting both the revised eIDAS Regulation and the proposed Business Wallet Regulation — WE BUILD turns digital identity into a practical enabler of simpler, faster, and more secure business and payment processes across Europe.

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Know Your Business Partner (KYC/KYS/KYB due diligence)
Business due diligence within the EU involves verifying and establishing trust in business partners across Member States. Through KYC (Know Your Customer), KYS (Know Your Supplier) and KYB (Know Your Business) procedures, organisations assess legitimacy, ownership structure, financial soundness and regulatory compliance - all essential for safe and efficient cross-border cooperation.
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Create Company Branch
Creating a company branch in the EU involves enabling businesses to expand across member states while ensuring compliance, transparency, and security of corporate data. It’s a key enabler for European businesses to operate and scale with confidence across borders.
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Foreign Tax Declaration
Foreign tax declaration in the EU ensures that companies comply with tax obligations when operating across member states, particularly in cross-border structures involving parent companies and subsidiaries. It is a critical enabler of transparent and lawful business activity within the EU Single Market.
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Company Representative acting on behalf of a Company
Authorizing individuals to act legally and digitally on behalf of a business across member states, and defining which activities they are permitted to perform, is a key enabler for efficient cross-border operations, including administrative procedures and banking services.
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Issuing Micro-Credentials and Verified Skills
Micro-credentials and verified skills enable individuals to develop and demonstrate specific skills and competences through digital certificates linked to short-term learning, training or practical experience. This is a critical enabler of lifelong learning, workforce mobility, and skills transparency across Europe.
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Business Access to Once-Only Technical System (OOTS)
The Once-Only Technical System (OOTS) streamlines data retrieval for cross-border procedures, enhancing trust, efficiency, and data exchange among EU public administrations and citizens. It connects public authorities across the EU, so they can exchange official documents and data at the citizen's or business's request. It’s a key component for improving registration, compliance, and reporting processes across the EU.
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Authentication & Access for Transport
Authentication and access in transport involve verifying who or what is requesting access to transport-related systems and services, and determining what actions they are authorized to perform. This is a critical enabler of seamless logistical flows across Europe and efficient global transport operations.
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Trusted Data Sharing for Data Spaces
Data is transforming how we live, work and innovate, powering everything from personalised medicine to smarter cities. Trusted data sharing in secure Data Spaces lets organisations optimally collaborate and innovate while keeping control, privacy, and compliance. To unlock the value of data for the EU, Common European Data Spaces have been established in strategic sectors, providing an open, secure, and privacy-preserving environment. These Data Spaces enable new data-driven services and strengthen a connected, competitive European data economy.
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eInvoicing
eInvoicing is the structured electronic exchange of machine-readable invoice data between suppliers and buyers, enabling automatic processing, as defined in EU legislation. These structured digital invoices have many benefits, from facilitating cross-border trade and reducing late payments, to enhanced error detection and clear sustainability reporting. It’s a key enabler for improving Europe’s single market in the digital age.
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Consumer Banking
Financial services for EU citizens, such as opening a bank account in another member state, rely on strong data protection, transparency, and regulatory compliance, while keeping the process seamless for users.
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Consumer Payments
Consumer payments in the EU involve providing fast and secure transactions across member states while protecting users and ensuring transparency.
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Corporate Banking
Corporate banking in the EU involves enabling businesses to operate across borders through secure financial services. This includes trusted onboarding and account opening processes, during which banks verify identities and ensure regulatory compliance.
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Corporate Payments
Corporate payments in the EU involve enabling fast and secure cross-border transactions while ensuring compliance, data protection, and transparency. A core component of day-to-day business operations across member states.
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NEWS
New non-paper: Trusted Identities for AI agents: An Opportunity for Europe

We are pleased to share this new non-paper organised by WE BUILD participants about AI agents, digital wallets and payments.

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European Commission published the proposal: Regulation on the establishment of European Business Wallets
Big news for European digital business! Today, the European Commission published its proposal: “Regulation on the establishment of European Business Wallets.” European Business Wallets will be accessible to businesses of all sizes, the initiative will simplify economic activities in the Single Market and strengthen the competitiveness of European enterprises
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WE BUILD Consortium officially launched at General Assembly in Amsterdam!

Today, we’ve officially launched the WE BUILD Consortium! More than 180 organisations from 26 countries are joining forces to shape the next stage of the European Digital Identity Wallet. This large-scale European collaboration unites public authorities, private companies, academic institutions and technology providers to develop 13 pioneering use cases across the domains of business, supply chain and payments.

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WE BUILD launches at General Assembly in Amsterdam on 3-4 September 2025

The General Assembly marks the launch of a groundbreaking European collaboration. This event provides a unique opportunity to connect with key stakeholders, shape the future of Europe’s Business Wallet and Payments ecosystem, and build momentum through plenary sessions, breakout workshops, and networking.

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WE BUILD has been selected by the European Commission to participate in the second round of Large Scale Pilots for the EU Digital Identity Wallet

WE BUILD, the consortium Wallet Ecosystem for Business and payments Use cases on Identification, Legal representation and Data sharing, is proud to announce that it has been selected by the Commission to participate in the second round of Large Scale Pilots for the EU Digital Identity Wallet.



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Structure of the WE BUILD Consortium


In the WE BUILD Consortium 30 countries are represented. Over 200 organizations are involved, including 13 National Business Registers, Tax Authorities, Banks & Financial Institutions, Wallet Providers & QTSPs, Technology Companies & SMEs and Academic & Research Institutions. This structure enables cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration, ensuring that both the technical infrastructure and policy alignment are addressed cohesively and inclusively. The project is divided into six main Work Packages, each with a specific focus.

Focus: Strategic, legal, financial and risk management

  • WP1 Lead: KVK (NL)
  • General Assembly - Lead: Ministry of Economic Affairs (NL)
  • Management Board - Lead: Ministry of Economic Affairs (NL)
  • Project Management - Lead: KVK (NL)
  • Review Board (including legal matters) - Lead: Schluss (NL)

Focus: 9 use cases for business identity and data sharing in two domains: business and supply chain
  • WP2 Lead: ICTU (NL)

Domain Business
  • Lead: Infogreffe (FR)
  • BU1: KYS/KYC/KYB/DD - Lead: Bundesanzeiger (DE)
  • BU2: Create Company Branch - Lead: Bolagsverket (SE)
  • BU3: Foreign Tax Declaration - Lead: Tax Administration (NL)
  • BU4: Company representative acting on behalf of company - Lead: Registradores (ES)
  • BU5: Issue Microcredentials - Lead: SUNET (SE)
  • BU6: Business Access to OOTS - Lead: ICTU (NL)

Domain Supply Chain

  • Lead: UPRC (GR)
  • SC1: Authentification & access for transport - Lead: IN GROUPE (FR)
  • SC2: Trusted Data Sharing for Data Spaces - Lead: ILVO (BE)
  • SC5: eInvoicing - Lead: OpenPeppol (BE)

Focus: 4 use cases for digital identity in finance

  • WP3 Lead: ICTU (NL)

Domain Payments
  • Lead: Mastercard
  • PA1: Consumer Banking - Lead: Ministry of Digitalisation (GR)
  • PA2: Consumer Payments - Lead: Dutch Payments Association (NL)
  • PA3: Corporate Banking - Lead: Bundesanzeiger (DE)
  • PA4: Corporate Payments - Lead: State Treasury Finland (FI)

Focus: Technical infrastructure: wallets, PID/LPID, trust services
  • WP4 Lead: Swedish Agency for Digital Government (SE)
Groups
  • Architecture (including security) - Group Lead: Swedish Agency for Digital Government (SE)
  • Semantics - Group Lead: Finnish Tax Agency (FI)
  • Trust Registry Infrastructure - Group Lead: Department for Digital Transformation (IT)
  • QTSP (including signatures) - Group Lead: Cleverbase (NL)
  • PID + LPID providers - Group Lead: Infogreffe (FR)
  • Wallet Providers - Group Lead: GRNET (GR)
  • Testing - Group Lead: Signicat (NO)

Focus:Stakeholder outreach, Member States coordination
  • WP5 Lead: Ministry of Economic Affairs (NL)
Forums
  • Ecosystems Forum (including domain specific) - Forum Lead: Izertis (ES)
  • Member States Advisory Forum - Forum Lead: Bunderministerium Fur Digitales Und Verkehr (DE)

Focus: Awareness, knowledge sharing, and results promotion
  • WP6 Lead: Intesi Group (IT)