Objective

This practice was introduced to accelerate MFIs’ procedures to improve efficiency and to reduce barriers faced by micro-entrepreneurs.

Overview

The purpose of the electronic signature is, like that of a handwritten signature, to demonstrate to a third party that a certain document has been approved by an identified person (the client). It is a reliable engagement mechanism that uses cryptographic techniques, and its process is overall simple, as all that is needed for the MFI is to identify a provider whose system is compliant with existing reglementary framework and procedures. The legal framework for e-signatures is set by European Regulation (No 910/2014) which envisages different levels of e-signature, each with different guarantees and different constraints and modalities of implementation.