National digital identity

Governing entity

National Digital Identity Company

Status of implementation

Active

Legally binding redress mechanism

Both

URL

https://www.bhutanndi.com

Last Updated

01/10/24

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

NO

Regulation for digital ID

YES

Identity act codifies legal status

YES

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

NO

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

NO

Terms of data storage and sharing available

NO

National Data Protection Act exists

YES

Data leak disclosure process exists

NO

Data handling terms exist

YES

Uses biometrics

YES

Enables authentication

YES

Enables KYC

YES

Enables authentication via government portal

YES

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

YES

Domestic IPS

Payment system type

Interbank payment system

Status of implementation

Active

Operator

Central bank

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

2023- 1.07 B

Annual volume of transactions

2023- 99.52 M

Cost of transactions

NA

Participants

2023- 6

Types of transactions supported

P2P, P2M, B2B

Type of settlement system

NA

URL

https://www.rma.org.bt

Last Updated

01/10/24

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

NA

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

YES

Non-bank participation

NO

Interoperability policy

YES

Participation rules

NA

Data-handling rules

NA

Reporting forum

NA

AML Law

NA

Base technical architecture

NA

Status of implementation

Pilot

Governing Entity

GovTech Bhutan

Coordination unit

GovTech Bhutan

National or Regional

National

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

Cross-sectoral

Permitted participants

NA

Ownership

Public

URL

https://www.undp.org

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

NA

Real-time sharing

NA

Scalable architecture

NA

Auditable

NA

Procedural rules for data mgmt

NA

Enrolment and participation information

NA

Used by more than one public entity

NA

Impact metrics

NA