Hungarian eID Card
Utilise Hungary’s eSzemélyi electronic ID card for secure online user verification via Zenoo.
Checking your own ID? Zenoo is a service for businesses and cannot check a personal ID. The Ministry of Interior of Hungary can help.
The scheme at a glance
Overview
What is Hungarian eID Card?
The Hungarian eID card, known locally as eSzemélyi or eSZIG, is the official identity document for Hungarian citizens, issued under the Ministry of Interior. It has been produced since 2016 in the standard ID-1 card format and carries a contactless chip that supports digital authentication and qualified electronic signatures. The scheme meets the requirements of the EU's eIDAS regulation on electronic identification and trust services.
The card holds the citizen's identity details together with biometric data such as a photograph and fingerprint stored on the chip. It gives holders access to a range of electronic public services, including e-government, e-signing, and ePrescription.
Verification confirms the person against the eID card and the national register. The result and a full audit record flow back into your Zenoo case.
- Issuing authority
- Ministry of Interior of Hungary
- Country
- Hungary
- Document
- eSzemélyi (eSZIG) smart ID card in ID-1 format with a contactless chip
- Data returned
- Verified name and date of birth, plus a match result
- Standard
- eIDAS-compliant electronic identification
- Official status
- Official identity document for Hungarian citizens
Three steps
How it works
How verification works
The check runs in your flow. The result arrives where your team works.
Collect or pass in identity data
The person enters their eID card details, or you pass known data in at launch to skip the form.
Verify against the eID card and register
The card credentials and identity details are checked against the system of record.
Signals returned to your flow
A match result, verified name and date of birth, and a full audit record flow straight into your Zenoo case.
Open the customer's case
What your team sees
The Hungarian eID Card result, beside everything else.
Verification sits with screening and review on one case, so nobody checks a second tool to see the whole customer.
What you can build
- Confirm a new customer's identity before a bank account goes live.
- Complete digital onboarding and e-KYC for regulated services.
- Prove a lending applicant is who they claim before you extend credit.
- Give people access to government and public services online.
About Hungarian eID Card
FAQs
Hungarian eID Card questions.
How do I verify a Hungarian eID card identity?
Submit the person's eID card details, or pass them in at launch, and Zenoo checks them against the eID card and national register. A verified result with name and date of birth flows back into your case.
What is the eSzemélyi card?
eSzemélyi, also called eSZIG, is Hungary's official electronic ID card. It has been issued since 2016 and carries a contactless chip that supports digital authentication and qualified electronic signatures under the EU's eIDAS regulation.
What data does Hungarian eID verification return?
Verification returns a match result along with verified identity fields such as name and date of birth from the system of record.
Hands it to your team
Verification is the first step. Compliance Hub handles the rest.
Once a customer is verified, screening and review happen in Compliance Hub. A possible PEP match lands in your team inbox with the evidence and the full history beside it. Zenoo suggests, your team decides.
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