Age-Restricted Commerce
Online gambling, adult platforms, alcohol and tobacco retail — every transaction runs into the same regulatory wall: verify the customer's age without scaring them off. Traditional checks kill conversion. Credenco replaces them with a one-tap credential exchange that proves eligibility without revealing a single unnecessary detail.
Opportunity
Regulators across Europe are tightening the rules. The Digital Services Act, national age-verification mandates and anti-money-laundering frameworks all demand stricter proof — while customers demand frictionless checkout.
The industries caught in the middle pay for it twice: in compliance cost, and in every customer who drops off at the verification screen.
Why Credenco
Credenco turns verification into a one-tap confirmation. Customers prove they are of age, a resident of the right country, or eligible under local law — straight from their Business Wallet, without uploading a passport or taking a selfie.
Platforms stay compliant with the DSA and national rules, keep full audit trails, and protect the conversion rates their revenue depends on.
Passport uploads required
1 tap
From checkout to confirmed
Products and Features
Business Wallet
Customers carry their eligibility credentials in one secure wallet — reusable across every platform that accepts them.
Issuance Service
Issue age, residency or eligibility credentials once — from a government wallet, a national registry, or your own issuing platform.
Verification Service
Request exactly the proof you need — age over 18, residency, self-exclusion status — and verify it in under a second at checkout.
Selective Disclosure
Customers share only what they must. "Over 18" means over 18 — not a birthday, not a name, not a passport number. Privacy-preserving by design, compliant by default.
Compliance
Meet the Digital Services Act, national age-verification laws and AML requirements with a full tamper-proof audit trail. Built on eIDAS 2.0.
A Story from Age-Verified Checkout
A customer visits an online alcohol retailer at midnight. The old way: upload a photo of an ID, wait for manual review, retry the selfie twice, abandon cart. Typical drop-off at this step: 35%.
With Credenco, the customer taps once. An age credential already issued by their national identity wallet is shared with the retailer — signed, cryptographically verified, and revealing only "over 18". Checkout completes in three seconds. No ID upload. No selfie. No lost sale.
Benefits for Regulated Operators
- Conversion rates stay high — verification is a tap, not a hurdle.
- Compliance with DSA, national age-verification laws and AML, built in.
- Privacy by design — share only the minimum required attribute.
- Fraud drops — credentials are cryptographically tied to their issuer.
- Audit trails are generated automatically for every transaction.
Built for the Next Wave of Regulation
The Digital Services Act, the EUDI Wallet rollout and upcoming national age-verification mandates will reshape how regulated consumer industries operate online. Credenco is built on exactly those standards — eIDAS 2.0, OpenID4VCI, OpenID4VP — so you're ready for what's coming, not scrambling when it arrives.
Example use cases
Concrete scenarios where verifiable credentials remove friction in age-restricted commerce.
Age verification at checkout
Prove age in a single tap — no passport uploads, no selfies, no personal data shared beyond the minimum required by law.
Responsible gaming limits
Self-exclusion and spending limits carried as credentials — recognised across licensed operators, protecting players without re-registration.
Proof of eligibility for age-restricted delivery
Alcohol and tobacco couriers verify recipient eligibility at the door — age and residency confirmed cryptographically, in seconds.