The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Samoa

Digital ID System
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Samoa National Digital Identification System - NDIDS

Governing entity
Registrar General
Status of implementation
Active
Legally binding redress mechanism
Legally established mechanism
Funding organizations identified
World Bank
Technical Support organizations identified
NRD Companies
URL
https://www.sbs.gov.ws
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
YES
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment
YES
Relationship with feeder documents
YES
Terms of data storage and sharing available
YES
National Data Protection Act
NO
Data leak disclosure process
NO
Data handling terms exist
NO
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
NA
Digital Payment System
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Samoa Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project

Payment system type
NA
Status of implementation
Pilot
Operator
NA
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
NA
Type of settlement system
NA
URL
https://www.worldbank.org
Last Updated
01/10/24
Active real-time payment system present
NO
Cross-border payments
NA
QR code transactions
NA
Bank participation
NA
Non-bank participation
NA
Interoperability policy
NA
Participation conditions and rules
NA
Data-handing rules for payment system
NA
Reporting forum
NA
AML Law
YES