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In Sweden, all the major banks joined together and created BankId. It is now pretty much a monopoly on id verification. Even some government agencies use it, which is problematic for multiple reasons.
Debate by former PM: https://www.svd.se/a/y6VqmE/utredare-infor-statligt-bank-id
Edit: typos