One-stop shop for Finnish eIDs
FTN simplifies the way service providers (businesses, organizations, public services) identify and authenticate their Finnish customers and users. It’s a platform that provides access to all the digital identities (eIDs) issued to Finnish citizens and organizations by Finance Finland (Finanssiala), a group of Finnish banks, and Mobiilivarmenne, a group of Finnish mobile telecom operators.
Signing a contract with an FTN broker means you only need one integration to reach all Finnish citizens, eliminating the need for separate agreements and integrations with each of the many Finnish eIDs.
A new era for digital identity in Finland
FTN was established in 2017 and is managed by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom. It replaced the previous identity service, TUPAS, which was phased out in 2019. Security was a key driver for forming FTN, as TUPAS, which had been operating for nearly 20 years, did not meet the new requirements under eIDAS, nor the more extensive new data privacy and protection regulations introduced in Finland.
Competition was another driver for forming the FTN. Under TUPAS, service providers needed a separate contract and a separate integration for each bank they worked with. Under FTN, a single standardised service contract and a single integration allows strong authentication service brokers to resell eID solutions in Finland, with a cap on transaction costs between the bank and eID broker.
