The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Kuwait

Digital ID System
NA

Hawyti

Governing entity
Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)
Status of implementation
NA
Legally binding redress mechanism
Customer service mechanism
URL
https://hawyti.paci.gov.kw
Last Updated
01/10/24
Claim digital ID
YES
ID or Civil Registry Act
YES
Regulation for digital ID
YES
Identity act codifies legal status
NA
Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management
NA
Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents
NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available
NA
National Data Protection Act exists
NO
Data leak disclosure process exists
NO
Data handling terms exist
YES
Uses biometrics
YES
Enables authentication
YES
Enables KYC
NA
Enables authentication via government portal
NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled
YES
Digital Payment System
WIP

WAMD (instant payment system)

Payment system type
Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation
Active
Operator
Bank association
National or Regional
National
Annual value of transactions (USD)
NA
Annual volume of transactions
NA
Cost of transactions
NA
Participants
NA
Types of transactions supported
P2P, B2B
Type of settlement system
RTGS
URL
https://www.businesswire.com
Last Updated
30/06/25
Active real-time payment system
YES
Cross-border payments
YES
QR code transactions
NA
Bank participation
YES
Non-bank participation
YES
Interoperability policy
NA
Participation rules
NA
Data-handling rules
NA
Reporting forum
YES
AML Law
YES
Data Exchange System
DPI-like
Morasalat Online
Base technical architecture
NA
Status of implementation
Active
Governing Entity
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Coordination unit
Central Agency for Information Technology
National or Regional
National
Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral
Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants
NA
Ownership
Public
URL
https://www.cait.gov.kw
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