Overwhelming adoption and acceptance of the AssureSign biometric mouse-based signing process leads one to wonder why you would implement an electronic signature solution any other way.  At first glance it may seem awkward and uncomfortable, but just as those signature pads in retail stores felt ‘different’ not so many years ago, they are now ubiquitously deployed and no one gives them a second thought as they have become part of our culture. 

As AssureSign users know, we offer the choice of biometric or typed ‘certified’ signatures (representing your signature as a font).  An overwhelming majority of users, more than 90% of AssureSign customers, use the mouse-based signature option.  Both options are equally ESIGN and UETA compliant, each capturing the same metadata and forensics around the signature process for compliance and non-repudiation.  So, why does our user community overwhelmingly select biometric signatures?  Quite simply – it looks like a real signature and most closely replicates the pen and paper process.

Feedback from customers and partners has been overwhelming as well.  In fact, several of our customers came to us after using other electronic signature solutions because their signatures were not accepted by third parties such as financial institutions and government agencies.  When documents signed electronically look like a real signature, rather than a ‘font-in-a-box’, third-party acceptance dramatically increases.  This is why other vendors are launching campaigns to challenge financial institutions and the federal government to accept their electronic signatures, which in fact, do not look like a real signature.   There is no need for this – just use mouse-based signatures and documents will be much more widely accepted.

One of our favorite customer quotes comes from Drew Hyde of Aurora Lifetools, who said “AssureSign Saved Our Company! ...to our horror, the Federal Government refused to accept E-Signatures over 90% of the time. In other words, we could not get paid without ‘real’ signatures.   We found AssureSign, and literally, their product has saved our company. Their Biometric Electronic Signature solution captures ‘real’ signatures similar to the pads in retail that everyone is familiar with.”

We are flattered that other electronic signature vendors who offered certified signatures have begun to have similar offerings as well as newcomers launching with mouse-based signatures.  This certainly further validates our industry-leading position on this important aspect of electronic signature deployment.   

To experience the biometric signature process simply visit www.assuresign.com and Try It Now, selecting the biometric option or enroll in one of our free webinars at www.assuresign.com/webinars.html.