NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL and Accenture are teaming up to develop and scale the Universal Wallet Infrastructure (UWI), a foundational platform to enable different digital systems to work together seamlessly. The collaboration, which also involves also NTT Digital, aims to let enterprises and governments issue, verify, and manage credentials across borders while users maintain sovereignty over their information.

Best thought of as a trusted digital intermediary, UWI will sit between individuals and every online service] they use. The average person currently juggles dozens of separate digital profiles, each with redundant personal information scattered across services that don't talk to each other. Every duplicate profile creates another potential security risk. Meanwhile, organisations spend enormous sums implementing separate systems for know-your-customer verification, fraud prevention, and document management.