What is Identrus?

Founded in April 1999, Identrus LLC was formed by global financial institutions to remove the final obstacle to business-to-business e-commerce on the World Wide Web—trust in a trading partner’s identity. Based on public key infrastructure (PKI), financial institutions act as the trusted third parties enabling digital signatures to provide non-repudiation for transactions. The Identrus infrastructure enables trading partners around the world, through their financial institutions, to conclusively identify one another over the Internet.

The Identrus infrastructure not only offers a framework for traditional bank services, e.g. payment, but also, in fact, provides a secure infrastructure for any e-business transaction. The global marketplace for Identrus secured transactions is massive. The number of B2B customers represented by the founding members adds up to over 10 million customers worldwide. As of today, 35 financial institutions have joined the Identrus system.