The U.S. is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest centers for business and law, but when it comes to adopting new enterprise technology, the country tends to wait and see what happens with friends across the pond in Europe. That is fine with us!
If you do any business in Europe, you may be somewhat aware that digital signatures are quickly becoming the norm here, and not just for legal matters per se. Banking and finance has caught onto them and in fact, as of this year in France all public tenders and contracts are required to be signed using qualified electronic signatures and seals. In the UK, last year the Land Registry announced a new dawn of “digital mortgages” by moving mortgage processing online.
