Abstract: A method, system and computer program product configured for providing distributed credential usage for an electronic handheld device or computing device configured with an operating system comprising an iOS based, Android or other operating system with sandboxed or restricted environments. The system comprises one or more applications running an operating system and configured with one or more sandboxed environments, and a credential provider application configured in a sandboxed environment. The credential provider application is configured to transfer data between the applications, for example, utilizing an inter-process communication channel. The credential provider application is configured to perform an operation on a request from one of the applications and utilizes credentials associated with the application.