Luxembourg, January 21, 2026 - Hopae, a leader in the digital identity infrastructure platform provider, today announced a global partnership with 1Kosmos, a leader in unifying identity proofing and passwordless authentication. As part of the agreement, 1Kosmos will integrate Hopae Connect to extend its platform’s global eID coverage, enabling secure, interoperable verification of government-issued digital identities across countries without relying on centralized databases.

Traditional KYC processes remain slow, document-heavy, and repetitive, falling short of user expectations for fast and streamlined onboarding. Opening a bank account or applying for a loan often requires multiple verification steps and long processing times, leading to 30–50% drop-off rates, while exposing institutions to rising fraud risks driven by AI, deepfakes, and synthetic identities, estimated to cost $58 billion annually by 2030 (Juniper Research). 

Meanwhile, digital Identity is becoming a reality across the world mainly due to Governments and the private sector pushing to offer Trusted Identity online. In Europe, eIDAS 2.0 will make the acceptance of the EUDI Wallet mandatory for regulated companies, adding further pressure on them to modernize their onboarding flows.

Together, 1Kosmos and Hopae will help reduce new customer onboarding time by providing turnkey eID consumption on a global basis while enabling 1Kosmos customers to comply with the most stringent requirements when dealing with remote identity verification including eIDAS2.0 regulation.

“This partnership with Hopae enables 1Kosmos to provide customers with high-assurance online identity verification that supports more than 60 global eID schemes and wallets,” said Huzefa Olia, COO of 1Kosmos. “Together, we’re enabling organizations to move away from document based identity verification and replace it with verified, government recognized digital credentials.”

"This partnership with 1Kosmos is strategic for Hopae,” said Bertrand Bouteloup, CRO and Europe GM, Hopae. “It underscores our ability to complement and extend digital identity verification platforms with plug-and-play support for Global eID."

1Kosmos-Hopae Customer Benefits

The integration of Hopae Connect into the 1Kosmos platform delivers higher levels of assurance, automation, compliance, and operational efficiency for enterprise customers. Key benefits include:

• Expanded global eID coverage, providing unified access to previously fragmented national and regional digital identity schemes
  
  

• Compliance with stringent regulatory requirements, including eIDAS 2.0 and other government-backed digital identity mandates
  
  

• Broad support for standards and data formats, enabling seamless interoperability across diverse identity ecosystems

Availability 

The 1Kosmos platform with Hopae Connect and support for Global eID is available immediately from 1Kosmos.