Unlike a traditional handwritten signature, electronic signatures are typed acknowledgments of receipt or agreement with a document. Because these signatures can't be checked against a handwritten ...

IMGCAP(1)]Electronic signatures became effective in the United States on October 1, 2000 when Congress passed the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. The ESIGN Act was enacted ...

You’ve probably already felt the pressure to move towards paperless solutions for your business. While it’s still unclear if the concept of a totally paperless office will ever be practical, we’re ...

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We have come so far in technological advancement that it is hard to remember the way things were. In 1999, the idea of signing digital documents was hard to imagine. Twenty years later, e-signature ...

Electronic signature apps help businesses digitize processes that require signatures, such as contracts and legal documents. Integrating these tools into other business processes is the next step for ...

Firstly, you need your signature in digital form, preferably using a tablet PC with pen input. If you don’t have such a device to hand, sign on a white sheet of paper and take a photo of your ...

Cloud content management provider Box has released its native e-signature feature, Box Sign, to business and enterprise customers. The company has included this as part of its overall lifecycle of ...