Merit Celebrates the Issuance of 5.5 Million Verified Digital Credentials

Milestone Demonstrates Scale and Trust in Merit’s Platform

SUNNYVALE, Ca., August 14, 2024 – Merit, the leader in digitizing trust, is proud to announce that it has issued a total of 5.5 million verified digital credentials – or merits – marking a significant milestone in the company's journey to empower individuals and organizations with trusted, portable credentials. This achievement is a direct result of Merit’s recent implementations supporting a variety of critical partnerships across the licensing, workforce, education choice, and emergency response sectors.

Merits help people find jobs faster, help children access educational resources, and help emergency responders save lives faster around the United States. The platform is used across 20 states and is growing in adoption as merits continue to provide benefits to recipients, including:

• Digitizing 500k professional licenses in Virginia.
• Providing access to education funds to more than 150k students across the midwest.
• Tracking millions of responder hours during Florida’s annual hurricane season since 2022. 

This milestone comes on the heels of many other significant recent achievements and accolades for the company. So far this year, Merit has:

• Launched the next generation of its digital credentialing platform.
• Been named to the GovTech 100 list for the second consecutive year.
• Received recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s "Best in Business, Government Services.”
• Garnered multiple accolades from the Global Tech Awards.
• Received the first-ever Sigma Social Impact Award.

“This milestone is not just a testament to the trust and value our partners and users place in Merit’s platform, but also to the dedication of our team in pushing the boundaries,” said Merit’s COO Jacob Orrin. “As we continue to expand our reach and impact across industries, we remain committed to ensuring that each merit issued provides genuine value and facilitates real-world outcomes. We are excited about what the future holds and look forward to driving more innovation for our current and future partners and individual merit recipients.”

For more information, visit www.merits.com. 

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About Merit
Merit’s digital credentialing platform transforms large-scale government programs in weeks instead of years while maintaining a 95% customer satisfaction rate. The platform issues and connects trusted digital credentials, ensuring secure, real-time verification of licenses and eligibility, digitizing trust in people data. Our integrated tech and field support streamline emergency response, workforce revitalization, and direct-to-beneficiary programs like multi-million-dollar education grants across over 20 states. As a proud GovTech 100 company supported by Andreessen Horowitz, Snowflake, and ServiceNow, Merit is at the forefront of creating digital identity ecosystems.

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