Signature Verification

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Credit Pulse captures a Simple Electronic Signature as part of the digital credit application flow. The signature is stored with the submitted application record and can include timestamps, submission details, uploaded documents, and other application data.

To strengthen the signing process, Credit Pulse can also support:

  • Routing the application to a specific signer

  • Email verification for applicants and routed signers

  • Required authorization checkboxes

  • Consent language confirming the signer is authorized to submit and sign

  • Supporting document uploads, such as a driver’s license or business documentation

  • Timestamps tied to the signed application record

These controls help reduce the risk of someone signing as another person by creating a stronger signer-controlled workflow and a clearer audit trail.

For clarity, this is not the same as a notarized signature, government ID-verified signature, certificate-based digital signature, or third-party identity-verified signing process. Those options provide a higher level of identity assurance and would require additional workflow scoping or a third-party provider.

For most B2B credit applications, the recommended approach is to strengthen the workflow around the existing electronic signature: route to the authorized signer, require email verification, capture explicit authorization, collect supporting documents where needed, and store a timestamped record of the signed application.

Signature Types

Credit Pulse supports electronic signature capture today, along with meaningful controls to reduce impersonation risk and create a stronger audit trail. If a higher-assurance signature process is required, we can scope an added verification workflow or third-party integration.

Overall, considering the additional components for verification included on our credit application process as a whole, our signature is modeled most closely to a verified electronic signature.

Type

What it proves

What it does not prove

Simple electronic signature

The person submitting the application intended to sign electronically. This can be stored with date, submission details, consent language, IP/device metadata, etc.

It does not independently prove the person is who they claim to be.

Verified electronic signature

Adds steps before signing, like email/SMS verification, ID upload, signer routing, or identity verification.

Strength depends on the verification method. Email verification is weaker than government ID + selfie/liveness.

Certificate-based digital signature

Uses PKI/digital certificate technology to bind a signer to a signed document and make tampering easier to detect. DocuSign describes this as a type of e-signature with added identity verification and a tamper-evident certificate.

Still needs a process to prove the right person received or controlled the certificate.

Notarized / remote online notarization

Highest-confidence workflow where a notary verifies identity and witnesses the signing.

Typically too advanced for most B2B credit operations.