Identification of Signers

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Identify signers in different way

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Identification is the process that allow you to verify the identity of the signer.
You can use different methods to identify your signers.
The identification available depends on the signature level you have chosen.

Video Onboarding

Use a video onboarding identification to identify your signers.

Open Banking

Use the Open banking "Access to Account" identification to identify your signers.
Your signer are invited to connect to their bank account to prove their identity.

eID

Use your european eID to identify your signers.

SSN

Use your US Social Security Number to identify your signers.

Delegated Identification

Avoid re-identifying signers if you possess a robust internal identification mechanism

Often, people don't realy understand the difference between Identification and Authentication.
In the Electronic Signature world, it's very important to distinguish them.

• Identification is the act of binding a, identity to an actor.
• Authentication is the act to enable access and features to an actor.

Depending of the level of signature, the identification could be Declared or Verified.

• If your signature is Electronic/Simple, the requester Declare the identity of the signer and send the request to the signer.
• If your signature is Digital/Advanced or Digital/Qualified the identity of the signer must be Verified.

We offer different mechanisms to verify the identity of the signer:

Regarding the Digital/Advanced Signature:

• An Automatic Video Onboarding:
  The signer is invited to make a video of himself and to show his Id document (passport, ID card, driving licence, etc.)
  

• A Open Banking Identification:
  The signer is invited to connect to his bank account and to share his identity.
  No data about his account except his identity and the IBAN of his main account is stored by our services.
  

• A Social Security Number Verification (US only):
  The Signer is invited to share his SSN. We verify the SSN with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the IRS.
  

• An eID (electronic Identity) identification (EU only):
  The signer is identified throw his eID.
  We verify the eID with an eIDAS Node. High, Subtantial level are accepted (Notified or not Notified)
  

• A Delegated Identification:
  The signer is verifier by the organization that initiate the signature request.
  
  

Regarding the Digital/Qualified Signature:

• An Online Qualified Onboarding:
  The signer is invited to make a video of himself and to show his Id document (passport, ID card, driving licence, etc.)
  The elements are verified by a human operator. This processus is compliant with the eIDAS regulation.
  

• An eID (electronic Identity) identification (EU only):
  The signer is identified throw his eID. We verify the eID with an eIDAS Node.
  High Notified identity only are accepted.
  

• A Delegated Identification.
  The signer is verifier by the organization that initiate the signature request.