Secured Signing announces Remote Online Notarization (RON) platform is Compliant for New York Businesses Posted on April 6, 2023 - 10:38 am by John Webster Secured Signing recognized as one of the first Compliant Platforms with New York RON Statue 19 NYCRR, Chapter V, Subchapter E, Part 182 Mountain View, CA – Secured Signing, a premier provider of electronic signature and remote online notarization (RON) solutions, is proud to announce its recognition as one of the first compliant platforms with the New York Remote Online Notarization (RON) statute, 19 NYCRR, Chapter V, Subchapter E, Part 182, which went into effect on January 25, 2023. The new requirements for Remote Online Notarization present challenges for both independent and in-house enterprise New York notaries. Secured Signing’s platform addresses these challenges by offering: 1. Accurate Geolocation: Secured Signing’s system reviews the user’s browser to determine geolocation, rather than the VPN. A critical addition is the presentation of a popup avocation than must be elected by the notary, prior to beginning the RON session. Entered into the audit log this avocation affirmed by the notary declaring their located to be within the state of New York during the RON session. Providing both evidence and intent to comply, ensuring that the notary, enterprise, and New York licensing bureau are confident in the security, compliance, and integrity of the transaction. 2. Compliance with NIST Standard SP 800-63-3: Secured Signing’s platform complies with the NIST Standard SP 800-63-3 (updated on 3.02.2020) for remote identity verification level IAL2, utilizing a unique combination of identity valuations. 3. Exemplar Certificate Issuance: Secured Signing’s New York Exemplar certification document allows notaries to complete the required form for submission and issuance of their electronic notary commission, in compliance with the new regulations. “We are thrilled to be one of the first platforms recognized for compliance with the New York RON statute,” said Bill Gimbel, VP of Business Development, at Secured Signing. “Our innovative solution ensures that notaries and enterprises level clients can continue to provide secure and efficient remote online notarization services in New York.” For more information on Secured Signing’s compliance with the New York RON statute or to enlist as a compliant New York electronic notary, please contact the company at info@securedsigning.com About Secured Signing Secured Signing is a leading provider of electronic signature and digital solutions, helping businesses and organizations streamline their document signing processes. With its easy-to-use platform, customers can quickly and easily get their agreements signed and returned, saving time, and increasing efficiency. Secured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization (RON) in a single cloud-based platform. The company’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. To learn more about Secured Signing visit, www.securedsigning.com.
December 2022 RON product updates and enhancements – Secured Signing Posted on December 7, 2022 - 10:01 am by John Webster Secured Signing’s Remote Online Notarization Platform is even better with New Notary Queue and Snapshot Features! Keep reading for our tip of the month! That’s right! Work just got a whole lot easier for companies requiring notarized documents… especially for those using the Secured Signing RON platform. Our new features focus on empowering organizations requiring an immediate notary professional, with quick and easy access to an available notary, ready when you are to complete the task! New Feature: Notary Queue Let’s face it… We all know that receiving, placing, and returning requests for a RON notary is a time sensitive issue… Sound familiar? The requestor wants immediate confirmation that the job has been received and will be taken care of. Often, schedulers are buried in tedious tasks and fulfilling these requests can be daunting, due to special circumstances or the “end of month” chaos. Rather than delaying the process, you can experience automated speed without any setback! Secured Signing’s new notary queue feature allows for a quick notary assignment to post into queue. Simple, smart, and secure… Through our innovative technology, the request is immediately processed and assigned to a notary queue where an available notary can proceed with the job and the session invite forwarded to the signer. Notary Queue is perfect for medium to large companies performing frequent signing services and have remote, in-house RON certified Notaries able to perform RON for the entire company. The new feature supports the ability to have different roles/people assigned to the document that can prepare and tag as needed, a meeting host and a notary. The feature also allows for the company to run the notary signing service within the queue feature. Using Secured Signing’s API or a manual entry process, the scheduler enters the data and assigns it into a queue. A pool of your company’s notaries can pick up the assignment or you can assign it directly to a specific notary of choice. This is also a great solution for enterprise clients who plug into a pool of notaries that fulfil session requests on a shift basis. Any notary on duty can pick up the assignment for immediate or future fulfilment. If they pick up the assignment by mistake or cannot complete the assignment, they simply return it to the queue for pick up by another notary. Add Queues – Setting Admin Users within Team (up to 10 users/ Notaries) or Enterprise account (unlimited number of users/notaries) plan can setup unlimited queue and can assign available notaries to the queue. An admin user can set up multiple queues based on types of transactions, time of the transaction or special language requests etc. You can create as many queues as you required. Watch a video on how to set up Notary Queue here. Assign To me (Notary) – Notary is taking the Job Once a preparer has submitted a document to the Notary Queue, the notary can accept the job, complete the document preparation, and invite principle/signer to join the Remote Online Notarization meeting. Once the scheduler/preparer selects an assignment to fulfil the task, they can prep the document for signature and assign it for pick up by a notary in the queue. The session invite is simultaneously sent to the signer(s) advising them of an upcoming RON meeting. The admin can monitor the queue to ensure all sessions are picked up or they can assign it from the queue to a specific notary for fulfilment. All queue members (notaries) will receive an email notification that job is posted to a queue. The principle (signers, witness, guests) will also receive an email notification that the job was assigned to a notary queue, and someone will be in touch, shortly. Job not for me – Assign back to the Notary Queue In case Notary took a job but cannot perform the task, they can assign it back to the queue for another available notary. Watch a video of how to assign a job to the Notary Queue or how to take a job from the Notary Queue here. Notary Queue Management Admin users within a Team or Enterprise account plan have full visibility and control of the notary queues. The admin or those assigned in a queue have visibility of the queue for management and monitoring of the process, ensuring all submitted requests are fulfilled! New Feature: Snapshot Often times, a notary has the need to collect or capture an image of supporting documentation, credentials, or stipulations during the RON session. With Secured Signing’s new Snapshot feature, you can capture that image, crop, edit and label on the fly. The Snapshot feature allows for capture of up to 10 images per signer. They can be downloaded along with the document as a separate exhibit. Please note that after 7 days these images are removed from the platform. Watch a video on how to use Notary Snapshot here. TIPS OF THE MONTH TIP#1 Did you know you can add and remove signatures and form fields DURING a live video signing session with your clients? By clicking on a field, you are given the option to remove it. You can also insert additional signature fields using the “Add Signature” button in the top right. Watch a video on how to add or remove signature or form fields here. TIP#2 Did you know that you can use Secured Signing platform to fill in and sign documents? Our simple, smart, and secured platform allows you to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. Secured Signing’s collaborative team are always at the helm in developing amazing, new, and innovative ways to engage business by delivering new features and platform enhancements that help simplify the process. The new features, paired with Secured Signing’s automated platform, allows companies to focus on building better business, while we focus on making your job easier, making you look good, and saving you money!
Secured Signing’s CEO, Gal Thompson, introduces Notary Queue and Snapshot to its Remote Online Notarization and Digital Signature SaaS platform Posted on December 6, 2022 - 10:38 am by John Webster Secured Signing today announced the latest Product Updates and Enhancements across its Remote Online Notarization and Digital Signature platform with the introduction of Notary Queue and Snapshot. “We are excited to release these incredible new features,” says Gal Thompson, CEO at Secured Signing. “Notary Queue comes at a pivotal moment for Secured Signing, as interest for an Enterprise remote online notarization solution has risen significantly across many different markets. “While Snapshot, gives notaries the ability to collect or capture an image of supporting documentation during a live remote online notarization session. The new features empower platform users with smart tools that create quick and easy business solutions designed to streamline document workflows”. Notary Queue is perfect for medium to large companies performing frequent signing services and have remote, in-house RON certified Notaries able to perform RON for the entire company. The new feature supports the ability to have different roles and people assigned to a document process with the ability to prepare and tag documents as needed. Using Secured Signing’s API or a manual entry process, the scheduler enters the data and assigns it into a queue. A pool of the company’s notaries can pick up the assignment or these can be assigned directly to a specific notary of choice. “We discovered the need for companies to schedule and assign notarial tasks in a way that was scalable,” says Mike Eyal, CTO and Founder at Secured Signing. “This led to extensive research and development of the Notary Queue, which allows for a quick and easy notary assignment to be posted into a queue. Snapshot comes with the functionality that everyone is accustomed to when editing images including crop, editing, and labelling, all done within the live session”. Secured Signing’s platform continues to deliver an all-in-one, comprehensive product that provides notaries with the ability to schedule live RON sessions, complete identity proofing and credential analysis checks on customers and clients, fully tag a document with data collection fields, and edit fields within a live signing session with the add or remove field functionality. “Our R&D team continue to keep a pulse on our user base. We listen, learn and bring new logic, features and enhancements that make sense to market”, added Thompson. About Secured Signing Secured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization in a single cloud-based platform. Secured Signing’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime.
Secured Signing to exhibit at MBA’s annual in Nashville, TN Posted on October 20, 2022 - 8:41 pm by John Webster MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Secured Signing announced today that Roger Castile, SVP of National Sales and Bill Gimbel, VP of Business Development will be representing the company onsite, at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA’s Annual 22), taking place in Nashville, TN this year at the Music Center on October 23 – 26, 2022.Every year, the MBA hosts their flagship event in different cities around the country, identified as a great spot for MBA members to convene in person and network in a unique way with its attendees and exhibitors, such as Secured Signing. MBA Annual presents many opportunities for its members to see live demonstrations, get the latest industry information, share critical details on the market outlook, (especially during uncertain times), and discuss the economy, recent crises–health, social justice, and how they all intertwine.Castile and Gimbel will be present during the event. Both will be conducting live demonstrations of Secured Signing’s Digital Signature and Remote Online Notarization, (RON) platforms.“There is nothing more satisfying than showing a business how to brand, build, protect and promote their image through utilization of Secured Signing white-label, turnkey RON platform offering.” said Gimbel.“What’s fascinating is that the intuitive, technology-based platform can tailor to the client’s needs by offering a customizable option that can fit into an array of businesses no matter the size or spectrum.” added Castile.Secured Signing will be exhibiting during the show, located in the HUB, Booth #830 close to the Refreshment spot.About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a trusted, tamper-proof Digital Signatures platform to the eSignature market with their legally binding document management solution that enables simple and secure eSigning, streamlined document workflows, and remote online notarization in a single cloud-based platform.Using advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing’s Digital Signature, Video Signing, and RON platform enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime.To learn more about Secured Signing visit https://www.securedsigning.com.
Notary Survey shows Significant Adoption of Remote Online Notarization by the Notary Community. Posted on December 15, 2021 - 12:55 am by John Webster Remote Online Notarization (RON) has become a buzzword within the Notary community, and for good reasons. This new method allows you to notarize documents online, anywhere, any time, and in most cases, from any device. Whether it is about which RON platform to use, which states allow RON, or what is holding Notaries back from doing Remote Online Notarizations, we were curious to know. So, we recently conducted a 2021 Notary Survey which revealed some interesting trends about the Notary community and their thoughts. We surveyed Notaries across the US to find out who they are, what they do, how they do it, and what their thoughts were on remote online notarization as a method of getting documents notarized. Being an early adopter of any innovative technology can be tough, and there are always growing pains when learning a new system. We found that Notary respondents could be broken into three major groups – Self Employed (36%), working for a Signing Agency (13%), or working in-house for an organization or company (48%). Overall, 55% of Notaries that responded had 2 or more years of experience as a Notary. Most responses came from Texas, Florida, and to our surprise, California (has not approved RON). We also found that notaries were getting new customers from a variety of methods, including but not limited to Google and Facebook (20%), Online Directories (8%), Word of Mouth (20%), friends and family (22%) , from title companies (16%), and referrals (9%) . Let us look at each group and see what the main insights and trends were. Self Employed Whether performing offline or RON notarizations – notaries are struggling to make money. This was mentioned throughout with reasons ranging from the time it takes to perform offline notarizations, the cost imposed by the state that they can charge, the margin taken by middleman such as notarize.com or the cost of RON software (vs what they can charge). We found most common docs notarized by self-employed notaries were Finance (67%), Real Estate (58%), Legal (51%) and Medical (31%). We found that 63% of Self-Employed Notaries who answered the survey were RON certified. There is a lack of customer demand for RON sessions despite a lot of enthusiasm towards RON from notaries and agreement in many comments that RON is the future. Ease of use, price, and training are key factors notaries focus on when looking at the RON software they use now or want to use in the future. There were two main factors that stood out to us as to why self-employed notaries were not using RON. Lack of customer demand. With only 24% saying they were getting enough business; many self-employed notaries were wanting more work. It is important to note that when a Notary did get business it was from individuals (62%), title companies (42%) or private businesses (36%). How little money was able to be made. Notaries felt they struggled to make money as they were limited to what they can charge based on their state, margins were low due to middlemen (marketplace providers) taking a cut and the general cost to use any given RON software. 38% of respondents were doing less than 10 notarizations per month. Other issues included clients or notary not being tech savvy, technical issues during the RON sessions, lenders not being on-board with RON, and not enough being spent on promoting their business. The results showed some enthusiasm towards RON with benefits being listed as: Expanding geography reach – able to notarize documents across a wider area. Better ID Check / Storage assisting in compliance. Affordability Easy to use for the notary and the client. It was also clear that one of the most important things for RON adoption is that the platform needs to be affordable, have training readily available, and be easy to use for both the Notary and the client. Work for an organization or company (In-house Notary) In-house notaries, the largest group of respondents, indicated that 74% they were satisfied with their volume of work, with half of the notaries working at law firms or other legal related industries, and the other half working in a wide range of industries and had a diverse range of job titles. Types of documents notarized were spread across many industries and were not focused on lending or real estate transactions. Most of the business was received from title companies, referrals from businesses. When we asked what their document notarization volumes were, we found that 52% of these notaries, did more than 50 notarizations per month. 58% of in-house notaries were RON certified. The needs and challenges of an in-house notary were vastly different than self-employed notaries such as the need to not record sessions as they were getting co-workers signatures and the need for their own company to approve them using RON. Some of the answers revealed that in-house notaries who performed notarization for their company were also performing and charging for private and/or personal notarizations for co-workers. There were two main frustrations with RON. Technology. Setting up and preparing documents for RON is time consuming and laborious. The entire process is not always smooth. RON platform or software is not user friendly and doesn’t always work correctly when trying to digitally sign. Interacting with their customers. The service is not always smooth. Lack of knowledge on the Notary or client-side. Many of the barriers as to why in-house notaries were not using RON were based on demand, cost of the platform, training, and companies approving (or not approving) RON within the company. It is not all negative. In-house notaries stated that some of the key benefits of RON are that it costs less than travelling to clients in person and having the ability to notarize documents in other geographies. Some of the other benefits of RON included having less paperwork involved, more robust identity checking, repeatable processes, safety when not meeting in person, potential for more customers, and the documents being stored digitally. Overall, in-house notaries are active in the RON space, being a part of the earliest adopters of RON technology. Signing Agencies Signing agencies, as expected, are much more advanced with the RON work they are doing with a 92% of respondents being RON qualified and having a larger number of RON sessions (average of 11 RON sessions) being completed each month. Unlike self-employed notaries who worked with individual customers (62%) the signing agencies dealt with B2B with mortgage lenders, title companies and other private businesses. Signing agencies generate most of their business from referrals and word of mouth and 60% happy with the volume of work they have currently. The actual volume of notarizations per month was only slightly higher than individual notaries with most signing agencies completing 4 – 49 notarizations a month (63.69%). The difference being in how much is charged per notarization. There were 10 signing agencies completing over 500 per month and 3 agencies completing over 1,000 per month. Compared to self-employed notaries, Signing Agencies completed far less finance and loan documentation (29.85%) focusing more on real estate (29.85%), legal (39.80%), and medical (32.94%) documents. Key frustrations for a signing agency were: Finding new customers (35%). Not making enough money (32%). Storage of documents (29%). Other frustrations were travelling for in-person notarizations, using technology and software, interacting with customers, keeping up with regulations and law changes, and working on paperwork & processes. Some Signing Agencies experienced issues with expensive RON costs and the need to protect their notary from any risks associated with notarizing documents online. About 1 out of 6 Notarizations were completed using RON technology, so we were interested in what benefits signing agencies saw when using it. The three main benefits were: Less paperwork (83%). More potential customers (82%). Documents stored digitally (89%). Some of the other perceived benefits included meetings being faster than in-person, cheaper costs than meeting in-person, not having to travel, and more robust identity checking. Signing agencies mentioned that ease of use of the RON software for both the notary and signer was a key factor to liking RON software. What does this all mean? Overall, we found that the Notary industry was still in the initial stages of adopting RON technology with many learning about what notarizing documents online looks like for them. Although learning new technology can be a barrier, Mike Eyal, CTO from Secured Signing said that this “is an area our team are constantly working on improving – with a new RON certification process just launched for notaries, regular free group training sessions and work being done to help educate the customer on how the process works and what they need to do.” Despite the issues identified in our Notary survey, many notaries remain positive and upbeat about the future of RON, and with many states approving this method for the notarization of documents, only time will tell how many notaries will add RON to their set of notary skills. About the Surveyor Secured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion, eSigning, and Remote Online Notarization capabilities. Using advanced personalized X509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency, and enhances customer service in a green environment. To learn more about Secured Signing visit www.securedsigning.com
Secured Signing launches its Notary Community Posted on November 5, 2021 - 12:00 am by John Webster Secured Signing launches Notary Community, which helps notaries and clients find each other to get documents securely notarized online. Secured Signing Notaries with a Paid Notary account can set up a Notary Community Profile at no extra cost. Notaries can use this profile as their marketing tool and rely on this as their sole website or landing page. With a few clicks, their profile can be up and listed, with clients able to get in touch to get their documents notarized. Features include receiving client documents through encrypted communication, no cost to store client documents online, quote requests, contact information, professional introduction and experience, reviews, and more. Mike Eyal, Founder and CTO of Secured Signing says that the Notary Community has been something many Secured Signing Notaries have been asking for. “The Secured Signing Notary Community closes the loop between client and Notary and gives both parties a central location for starting the notarization process. We wanted a way to add value for notaries who are using Remote Online Notarization without adding additional monthly costs, and we think the Notary Community does this.” Notaries who are Secured Signing certified have their profile automatically tagged with Secured Signing certification badge, giving them additional credibility on the site and demonstrating their knowledge of Secured Signing’s RON platform. Secured Signing’s Remote Online Notary platform is a complete, all-in-one solution with X509 digital signatures certificate, live video-audio call (Remote Online Notarizations), identity proofing and dynamic Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA), Credentials Analysis – ID Verification, Notary Journal, Signature Verification Service, audit log, Secured Signing Notary Certification Course and more.About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion, eSigning, and Remote Online Notarization capabilities. Using advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency, and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Secured Signing has launched its Notary Certification Program Posted on October 14, 2021 - 8:41 pm by John Webster Secured Signing announces today that it has recently launched the Secured Signing RON Certification course, which helps notaries to be experts in the Secured Signing platform.Secured Signing Notaries undergo the online course, improving their knowledge of the Secured Signing Remote Online Notarization (RON) platform and empowering them when using the software for the notarization documents. The Secured Signing Notary Certificate is achieved by completing a series of learning modules accompanied by quizzes and videos. When the notary is ready, they will sit the online final exam. Secured Signing’s Notaries must pass the exam to receive their certificate and marketing collateral to help promote their businesses. The certificate enables Secured Signing’s notaries to market themselves to potential customers, title companies, signing agencies, and mortgage lenders as proficient notaries. Suzanne Feinberg, Co-founder and General Manager of AZ Roving Notary, and Secured Signing Notary user, is the first person in the world to get certified on the Secured Signing remote online notary (RON) platform having successfully completed the Notary Certification program. AZ Roving Notary works with the Secured Signing RON platform for remote online notarizations, specializing in Estate Planning (Life Stages) Documents, Refinancing and Real Estate Transactions, Medical Credentials, Corporate Legal Documents and more. Mike Eyal, Founder and CTO of Secured Signing, says that the online certification empowers notaries in the marketplace and gives them a competitive advantage against those who are not certified with a platform. “We developed the Notary Certification Course to help notaries feel comfortable when using our platform, and to validate their efforts in learning and adopting this new way of notarizing documents online with Remote Online Notarization.” Secured Signing’s Remote Online Notary platform is a complete, all-in-one solution with digital signatures, live video-audio call sessions (Remote Online Notarizations), identity proofing and dynamic Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA), Credentials Analysis – ID Verification, Notary Journal, Signature Verification Service, audit log, and more. About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion, eSigning, and Remote Online Notarization capabilities. Using advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency, and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Introducing Secured Signing’s Notary Certification Posted on October 14, 2021 - 1:18 am by John Webster We have now launched the Secured Signing Notary Certification Course on our eLearning platform. At no extra cost, all Notaries with a Secured Signing Paid Notary Account can now receive a Secured Signing Notary certificate when they successfully complete the course. How To Access The Course Login to your Secured Signing Paid account and go to My Account > My Settings > Notary > and click on the blue “Notary Certification Course” button. This will take you to our eLearning platform. Complete Carefully Crafted Learning Modules Watch videos and complete quizzes for each learning module within the Secured Signing eLearning platform. You will be tested on your Remote Online Notarization (RON) knowledge as well as your knowledge of our system. Put Your Knowledge To The Test Complete the Final Exam with a score of 85% or higher to pass the Notary Certification Course. Receive Your Notary Certificate Standout amongst other notaries with your personal RON certificate that you can publish on your website or provide to customers to demonstrate your knowledge of Secured Signing’s RON platform. Promote Yourself As A Secured Signing Notary By completing the Secured Signing Notary Certification, you can use our Secured Signing Certified branding and demonstrate your proficiency as a Remote Online Notary. If you are interested in getting Secured Signing Certified sign up for a paid account today and complete the online course.
Secured Signing for Notary Remote Online Notarization (RON) is now MISMO certified Posted on October 5, 2021 - 12:00 am by John Webster MISMO has issued guidelines and best practices for Remote Online Notarizations of real-estate documents, and Secured signing, who is MISMO compliant, supports those recommendations. Title Companies, Bankers, Mortgage Lenders, and Notaries can now use Secured Signing’s RON platform for processing Real Estate transactions whilst meeting MISMO requirements. Most of the work to perform RON while being MISMO compliant happens behind the scenes, with Secured Signing giving peace of mind to all parties involved in the notarization process for Real Estate transactions. MISMO guidelines mandate that a participant must perform identity proofing (Knowledge Base Authentication), credential analysis (3rd party ID Verification), and then move straight into the RON Session and if a signer must leave the RON session for whatever reason, they will be required to perform Identity authentication again before being allowed back into the session. “As an industry leading digital signature and remote online notarization platform, Secured Signing will always adhere to industry standards and meet compliance when it is necessary,” says Mike Eyal, Founder and CEO of Secured Signing. “As remote online notarization evolves, and we see higher adoption of this notarization method, our platform will also evolve and accommodate any new requirements or standards issued by governing or regulatory bodies.” About MISMOMISMO® is the standards development body for the mortgage industry. MISMO developed a common language for exchanging information for the mortgage finance industry. Today, MISMO standards are accepted and deployed by every type of entity involved in creating mortgages, and they are required by most regulators, housing agencies and the GSEs that participate in the industry. MISMO standards are grounded in an open process to develop, promote and maintain voluntary consensus-based standards that allow participants in the mortgage industry such as mortgage lenders, investors in real estate and mortgages, servicers, industry vendors, borrowers and other parties to exchange information and more securely, efficiently and economically. For more information about MISMO visit www.mismo.org/x140197 About Secured Signing Secured Signing provides a one stop digital signature and Remote Online Notarization service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities. Using advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime. The solution streamlines business processes, cuts back on expenses, expedites delivery cycles, improves staff efficiency, and enhances customer service in a green environment.
Secured Signing provides industry-leading ID Verification of foreign and US passports for Remote Online Notarizations Posted on August 10, 2021 - 12:00 am by John Webster Secured Signing’s industry-leading ID verification supports over 4,000 overseas and domestic IDs, from nearly 200 countries, making it the only RON platform that supports foreign passports in the market.ID Verification provides fast, secure & user-friendly workflow for you and your clients allowing you to verify signer identity. ID Verification offers a robust and flexible solution when compared to a standard email link and SMS for multi-factor authentication. “Since the outbreak of COVID and as we began entering new markets, like the US Notary Market for Remote Online Notarization, we saw an opportunity to add ID Verification to our authentication tool set,” says Mike Eyal, Founder and CEO at Secured Signing. “In a world where in-person signings are less likely to take place while social distancing practices are implemented, we wanted to give our users everything they needed to ensure that their clients and customers who are signing, are in fact who they said they are.” ID Verification’s two-step process is simple and easy to use, with clients capturing an image of the front and back of their ID. The images are then scanned and analyzed against a database of over 4,000 IDs from nearly 200 countries and uses industry-standard markers such as the magnetic stripe, OCR content, UV holograms and barcodes on an ID to verify its legitimacy. Clients will then take a selfie to score for liveness of the signer, utilizing the facial matching aspect of the software. Liveness ensures that you know the person who underwent ID Verification was in fact a live person. “This aspect [liveness score] of ID Verification is revolutionary as it prevents presentation attacks from fraudulent practices such as printed images, masks, recorded or synthetic video,” says Roger Castile, Senior Vice President of National Sales at Secured Signing Inc. “If a Liveness score falls below a certain threshold, the signer will be denied access to the documents and will be unable to sign.” Secured Signing enhances the ID Verification process by creating a strong link between the ID and the document through data matching. Data matching allows you to pull from the data analyzed during the ID capture phase of the ID verification process and compare it to data provided by your client. This is fully configurable letting you choose the parameters to be matched to your client’s ID. The system notifies you of the results and lets you decide on how you would like to proceed if the client passes or fails. Secured Signing customers are using ID Verification within legal, title and closing, and notary public industries. About Secured SigningSecured Signing provides a one stop digital signature service that delivers a full range of form completion and eSigning capabilities. Using advanced personalized X509 PKI Digital Signature technology, it is more secure than a plain electronic signature. Secured Signing’s Digital Signature and RON platform all in one enables its users to use any device to capture their graphical signature, fill-in, sign, seal and verify documents anywhere, anytime.