From March 1, it will no longer be possible to log in to the state authentication service via a bank link. This means that users can no longer access some of the public e-services, such as the state portal or the self-services of the Transport Administration and the ARIB, through a bank link. It will still be possible to log in to e-services with an ID-card, Mobile-ID, or Smart-ID. "The change will not affect private sector services – for example, banks' e-services can be accessed with a PIN calculator even after 1 March. The bank link is mostly used in the state authentication service to log in to the state portal, the e-service of the Transport Administration, and the e-services of the Information Technology Foundation for Education (HITSA) and the population register," said Mark Erlich, head of the Electronic Identity Department of the Information System Authority (RIA).