5 Benefits of Electronic Signatures for Your Business

While the pandemic led many companies to adopt e-signature software to keep their business running, the focus has now shifted to how secure the chosen solutions are.

What are the benefits of electronic signatures?

As mentioned above, the Covid-19 health crisis pushed companies to equip themselves with electronic signature solutions. But in the rush, some essential points were not given enough attention.

Given how sensitive the content passing through these tools is, security, which provides protection and legal value for signed documents, should come first among your selection criteria.

Security is therefore benefit No. 1 of electronic signatures.

Thanks to a system of encryption keys and thorough identification processes, the Sign.vet digital signature guarantees both the authenticity of the signature and the integrity of the document.

It is therefore impossible to forge the electronic signature and/or alter the document attached to it.

Benefit No. 2: electronic signatures boost efficiency.

The time saved by introducing an electronic signature solution is considerable!

As well as providing a clear audit trail that makes transactions easier to track, the digital signature drastically cuts down on handovers, both internally and externally.

Forget printing, scanning and repeated back-and-forth to collect signatures. Physical archiving is a thing of the past too!

With the secure, high-performance Sign.vet e-signature tool, you can easily find your evidence file on an intuitive, protected platform.

Benefit No. 3: electronic signatures are legally compliant.

The legal value of the electronic signature is no longer in doubt. It is recognised in particular through the European eIDAS Regulation.

The regulation sets a European framework for electronic identification and trust services, giving businesses the means to sign their documents electronically in full legality and security.

What is more, because an electronic signature provides proof of the act’s authenticity and of the signatory’s identity, it is harder to invalidate in court than its handwritten counterpart.

By choosing a solution that complies with current regulations, you can be sure of meeting your legal obligations and therefore of being protected as fully as possible.

Benefit No. 4: electronic signatures are cost-effective.

Among the (many) benefits of digital signatures, lower printing, postage and processing costs come first.

With digital signature software, staff productivity rises because requests take less time to process.

Team members can then focus on higher-value tasks, while administrative costs fall significantly.

Less paper, no more postage, no printer ink, and so on.

Electronic signatures save on people, materials and money! That is a triple win.

Last but not least, benefit No. 5: electronic signatures are eco-friendly.

Using an electronic signature solution also has a very positive impact on the environment and on sustainability more broadly.

Remote signing drastically reduces travel. Documents can be signed remotely, at any time and from anywhere.

As well as putting an end to journeys made purely to sign documents, electronic signatures also considerably reduce paper use.

No more printing, photocopying or physically archiving your documents. Your contracts, mandates, leases, letters and any other deeds are digitised and secured within a protected interface.

The benefits of introducing an electronic signature solution such as Sign.vet in a business are beyond question.

Secure processes and content, time savings, lower costs, higher productivity and a green bonus now set the pace of everyday life for organisations that have digitised their signing journeys and taken another step forward in their digital transformation.

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