Avallone has embedded DocuSign's eSignature capabilities into our KYC Platform - so it’s simple and secure to have your KYC documents digitally signed. DocuSign is the eSignature solution trusted by over a million customers and a billion users around the world. With this capability, Avallone users can send or sign KYC documents from practically anywhere, at any time - and for any number of people with the ability to choose the order of the signing - serial, parallel or mixed sequencing - to meet your specific situations and requirements.

There are three types of eSignatures you can use:
• Simple electronic signatures (SES)
• Advanced electronic signatures (AES)
• Qualified electronic signatures (QES)
The difference between the types of signatures is how the signer is identified.

SES relies on email, IP-address, and two-factor authentication to identify the signer, while AES and QES uses encrypted digital certificates tied specifically to the signer. The signature requirements vary depending on country and type of document. While SES may be enough in some cases (e.g. for signing human resource related documents in Denmark), in other cases it may not be enough to be considered a legally binding signature.

AES and QES provide further levels of security and verification of the signature and signer. In the Nordics, AES is the standard market practice, with NemID, MitID, and BankID being examples of AES. In the EU, QES is rarely used outside of Germany and to a certain degree France. SES is sometimes also referred to as "electronic signature", while AES and QES are "digital signatures".