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Smart-ID
Smart-ID is a simple, fast and safe way to authenticate yourself online. The Smart-ID app enables to conveniently log into your bank account and access e-services.
Download
Downloading and using the Smart-ID is free. Smart-ID can be used in all smartphones and tablets the operating system of which is either Android 4.1 (or higher) or iOS 8 (or higher).
Register
Register your Smart-ID account and personalise it. For registering the account as well as for using the Smart-ID, you need to enter PIN codes, which you have to memorise and keep secret from the others.
Use
When logging into Internet bank or any other e-service, the Smart-ID notifications will be displayed directly on the screen of your smart device. PIN1 is necessary for authentication and PIN2 for giving your digital signature.
Mobile-ID
Mobile-ID is your digital identity document in the mobile phone.
With Mobile-ID you can access e-services, make payments, take out contracts and give a digital signature.
Easy and convenient
You do not need a card reader or additional software; in addition, Mobile-ID can be used in Estonia as well as in abroad.
Ordering and prices
Mobile-ID is a paid service. For more information, contact your mobile operator.
You can conclude the agreement for using the Mobile-ID service at your mobile operator. As a personal identity document, please take along your ID-card, or in case of a digital ID, the Estonian passport.
ID card
To use the ID card on the web, your computer needs the ID card reader. To sign documents digitally, your computer needs the ID-software.
PIN-calculator
A PIN-calculator generates a new code every time, which cannot be used twice for entering the Internet bank, thus making it difficult to steal the codes. Request a PIN-calculator from a bank office.
Code card
A code card can be easily copied, and thus, it is not the most secure means for authentication. We are going to gradually close the clients’ code cards during 2018. In the future, it will be possible to log into Internet Bank by using the Smart-ID, ID-card, Mobile-ID and PIN-calculator.
Questions and answers about code cards
Why will the use of code cards be limited?
Code cards are a means of authentication that has a low level of security. An amendment will enter into force in 2019, which will impose stricter security requirements on the means of authentication used to confirm payments. As a result of this amendment, code cards will become useless and users of the Internet Bank will have to choose a new method of authentication.
When will code cards be closed?
Code cards will become invalid in January 2019 at the latest. We will close code cards in stages to alleviate the burden on our customer support that closing the cards will certainly cause. All users of code cards will receive a personal notification with the information of the time when their code card will be closed and that as of that time, their code card can no longer be used.
How and when will clients be informed of the upcoming changes?
All clients will receive a notification to their Internet Bank at least two months before the code card is closed. The notification will show the date when the code card will become invalid as well as information about other means of identification that can be used instead of code cards.
What are the alternatives to code cards?
Smart-ID, mobile ID, ID-card, and the PIN calculator. An overview of these methods is available on our website.
Which means of authentication are available for children?
Smart-ID or ID-card. Children aged 15 and up can create a mobile ID with their mobile network operator.