Today more and more countries get involved in issuing National Online Identity schemes and solutions (e-ID). All e-Gov officials agree unanimously that this is the best way forward to implement authentication and signature for e-Gov applications in their own realm. The question whether the National e-ID schemes are fit to serve in commercial applications as a genuine business enabler gains more and more importance. This presentation is a real business case on how a government and a commercial partner in the finance industry joined forces to leverage a national eID solution. With unique wins for each partner like :