28/08/2026
€70–100 per customer for live video verification. €3–8 when the customer presents a government-assured wallet credential instead.
That cost delta, presented at this year's European Identity Conference, is what moves eIDAS 2.0 from a compliance memo to a budget line.
The mandate structure matters too: states must issue wallets by December 2026, but businesses only have to accept them about a year later. That gap is your build window, and it closes on wallet-holding customers arriving early in whichever markets ship first.
Germany alone is building for 80 million potential users.
Price the head start accordingly with NorthLark.