Tech IT Easy » notary http://www.techiteasy.org A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:44:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Old world vs. the new world and the digitalisation of (financial) services http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/07/22/old-world-vs-the-new-world-and-the-digitalisation-of-services/ http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/07/22/old-world-vs-the-new-world-and-the-digitalisation-of-services/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:27:47 +0000 Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/?p=2226
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    • ]]>     robot accountant.jpgRead today about a new service in the Netherlands that is doing very well. It’s called doehetzelfnotaris.nl, which translates roughly as ‘Do-it-yourself Notary,” and has already attracted 13,000 visitors since it launched 2 weeks ago (for NL, that’s a big deal). By allowing you to automatise certain services, like preparing the contracts and wills, it claims to save you 30% of the price of having a notary take care of these things. Needless to say that during these financial troubles, people like it when they can save some money.

    At our financial trust, I’m currently filling out a pretty long survey from the Luxemborg statistical office (STATEC) regarding our level of “internetisation.” It’s not easy being digital in a world where you often deal with highly sensitive data, sometimes coming from individuals who do not like dealing with you through digital means. The very word “Trust” in our company description, already forces you to ask the question: can clients trust us using digital communication?

    The answer is in most cases No. Go to any bank and try to get significant things done and they want you to sign for it. Same with notaries (and doehetzelfnotaris.nl does not automatise the signing part). The financial sector is particularly stuck in what I would call “the old world,” though not, I would say, without good reasons.

    My question to you is:

    • is there such a thing as fool-proof communication, which cannot be falsified by any means?
    • Is there a surrogate for being there in person and signing your name?

    I don’t know of any, but I always assume that our readers are smarter than me.

    Chime in, if you can.

    Vincent
    (Picture of a Robot Accountant. Waah!?)

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