UK adds open banking to GOV.UK One Login identity checks in £4.7M deal

The UK Government Digital Service has awarded Ecospend a £4.7 million contract to let GOV.UK One Login users prove their identity with bank-verified data, with rollout expected in 2027 and work running to February 2029. One Login has already been used by 23 million people across more than 250 government services. The step links banking records to state identity verification, adding to the digital infrastructure through which access to public services is increasingly tied to verified identity, though the article describes the bank-data sharing as a user choice.