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Strong reactions after Netherlands blocks US takeover of Solvinity, DigiD operator


Kyndryl is “extremely disappointed” by the decision of the State Secretary for Economic Affairs to prohibit its takeover of Solvinity, the company behind DigiD. State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts banned the acquisition on Tuesday following advice from the Bureau for Investment Screening (BTI). The BTI stated that “this proposed acquisition of Solvinity may pose a risk to the public interest,” Aerdts wrote to the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament.

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