Hamburg, 28/04/2022 Effective immediately, Hamburg-based Nect GmbH is expanding its offering with Nect Sign for a qualified electronic signature (Qualified Electronic Signature, QES). With this solution, users can quickly and easily sign contracts, powers of attorney and other documents with strict legal formal requirements via the app. Before the digital signature, secure digital identification is required. That is why the Nect Wallet combines both steps with the integration of Nect Sign and the successful identification solution Nect Ident: fast and secure identification and the legally binding signature.
Benny Bennet Jürgens, founder and CEO of Nect GmbH: “Whether a user accepts a QES or goes back to pen and paper depends 90% on whether the identification works smoothly. With Nect Sign, we integrate our top-rated solution Nect Ident for the simple and secure form of qualified electronic signature into our Nect Wallet.”
The use cases for QES are diverse and are continuously increasing. In addition to documents such as fixed-term employment contracts, rental agreements and advance directives, it can also be used to sign insurance and phone contracts as well as applications to open a bank account and to issue SEPA mandates.
“Beyond insurance companies, banks and telecommunications providers, for example real estate service providers and employers in general can also drive their digitalization with our signature solution, simplify business processes and offer their contracting partners a modern, secure and convenient solution. Nect Sign is our next step toward a comprehensive ID ecosystem and my technical highlight for the next contract signatures,” says Jürgens.
Regulated by the European eIDAS Regulation, the qualified electronic signature has the highest security level of all electronic signatures and can only be created by a qualified trust service provider.
First, the signing person must prove their identity using Nect Ident. After successful identification, the document to be signed is displayed to the user for review. As soon as they approve it, the user receives a six-digit TAN. Entering it then finalizes the legally binding signature of the document.
If needed, several people can also sign a document this way, for example when opening a joint account or issuing a bank power of attorney.
