The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Kuwait

Digital ID System

NA

Hawyti

Governing entity: Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)
Status of implementation: NA
Legally binding redress mechanism: Customer service mechanism
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: Thales
URL: https://hawyti.paci.gov.kw
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: YES
Codified digital ID legal status: NA
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NA
Relationship with feeder documents: NA
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NA
National Data Protection Act: NO
Data leak disclosure process: NO
Data handling terms exist: YES
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: YES
Enables KYC packet collection: NA
Authentication through government portal: NA
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled: YES

Digital Payment System

DPI-like

WAMD (instant payment system)

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): NA
Annual volume of transactions: NA
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: NA
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://www.cbk.gov.kw
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: YES
AML Law: YES

Digital Payment System

WIP

Interbank payment system (KASSIP)

Payment system type: Cross-domain payment system
Status of implementation: Active
Operator: Central bank
National / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): NA
Annual volume of transactions: NA
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of participants: NA
Types of transactions supported: P2P, B2B
Type of settlement system: RTGS
URL: https://www.cbk.gov.kw
Last Updated: 26/06/25
Active real-time payment system present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: NA
Reporting forum: YES
AML Law: YES

Data Exchange System

DPI-like

Morasalat Online

Base technical architecture: NA
Status of implementation: Active
Governing Entity: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Coordination unit: Central Agency for Information Technology
National / Regional: National
Sector-specific / Cross-sectoral: Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants: NA
Ownership: Public
URL: https://www.cait.gov.kw
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Semantic interoperability: NA
Real-time sharing: NA
Scalable architecture: NA
Audit mechanism: NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: NA
Enrolment and participation information: NA
Used by more than one public entity: NA
Impact metrics: NA