Possible access to the e-Citizens system with PBZ mToken or card reader

Today, an Agreement was signed at the Ministry of Administration for the inclusion of credentials from Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. (PBZ) into the National Identification and Authentication System NIAS of the e-Citizens project.

The Agreement was signed by the Assistant Minister of Administration Leda Lepri, the President of the Management Board of the Financial Agency (FINA) Anđelka Buneta, and on behalf of PBZ, a member of the bank’s Management Board Draženko Kopljar.

In this way, the Ministry of Administration and PBZ ensure that PBZ clients, which include 280,000 users of online banking (individuals), have a simple and secure login to the e-Citizens system using authentication devices – mToken or card reader. Access to the e-Citizens services is available through the website https://pretinac.gov.hr, while the electronic identity verification process can now be performed using mToken or a card with the help of a card reader, as these are credentials of security level 3.

The e-Citizens system is a project of the Government of the Republic of Croatia that enables citizens to communicate with public administration in a modern, fast, and simple manner.  Through the e-Citizens system, numerous electronic services from various public administration bodies are available at any time without waiting in lines, such as extracts from birth and marriage registries, services from the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute, obtaining various certificates, reviewing personal e-messages, information, and notifications from public administration via the Personal User Inbox, as well as over 20 other online services. By providing this option to its clients, the bank does not have access to their data from the e-Citizens system, but allows them to access all services within the e-Citizens system using the mentioned authentication devices without additional contracting.