Belfast firm officially launches ‘game-changing’ tech globally 

A Belfast-founded technology business has officially announced the global launch of its new digital wallet. Early adopters of the technology have said it is game-changing in how it is addressing one of the most persistent inefficiencies in modern business: how critical documents and credentials are issued, stored and verified.

Pearsana, developed in Northern Ireland and now expanding into the rest of the United Kingdom, United States and the UAE, provides a secure digital wallet that reduces repeated verification, cuts administrative overhead and improves trust across borders and sectors.

The company was founded by Gareth Maguire, CEO of Inspirus Global Education, after experiencing first-hand how fragmented document verification becomes when individuals move between education systems and countries.

When his daughters progressed from school in Northern Ireland to further education in the United States, Maguire was struck by how often the same academic records had to be repeatedly sourced, reissued and checked.

Drawing on his background in international education and technology, he set out to build a system where verified records could be issued once at source and reliably reused, rather than recreated at every transition.

Pearsana is now officially launched following three years of product development, initially supported by UK technology consultancies including First Derivative and Storm Reply, alongside enterprise partners such as AWS, ubloquity and Stripe.

The platform is now developed and operated by an in-house engineering team and designed to operate securely at scale, supporting the issuance, storage and reuse of verified records across multiple jurisdictions and regulated environments.

Education has emerged as an early adoption sector, where fragmented systems and repeated verification create significant administrative burden for institutions and unnecessary friction for students. Using Pearsana, academic records are verified at source and stored in a secure digital wallet, allowing them to be reused throughout a person’s education and into employment without repeated checks or reissuance.

Maguire says: “When my daughters moved from Northern Ireland to education in the US, repeatedly having to prove the same credentials exposed how inefficient the system really is. Pearsana was built to remove that friction by ensuring verified records can be trusted and reused, rather than constantly revalidated.”

The platform is already attracting international interest, with active engagement across the United States and the UAE, where organisations face growing pressure to streamline verification, recruitment and compliance processes across borders.

Beyond education, Pearsana is designed for any sector where verified credentials are critical, including construction, workforce compliance and other regulated industries. For example, workers can present verified safety or compliance credentials instantly on site, reducing delays and eliminating manual document checks.

Maguire concludes: “In a challenging economic environment, reducing administrative overhead is mission-critical. Pearsana verifies records once and makes them reusable, giving organisations efficiency while allowing individuals to retain control over their own verified data.”