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According to FINCEN, fraudulent activity associated with impersonation is a $200 billion problem. In an era where everything can be faked, we’re creating a future where every interaction and every record can instantly be trusted with Proof.

Combating AI’s Existential Threat to Trust in our Society

Pat Kinsel

A World with High Integrity Digital Transactions: Announcing Proof Certificates

Darren Louie

Combating AI’s Existential Threat to Trust in our Society

Pat Kinsel

Real Estate

Meet Barbara Battersby, a Trust Trailblazer in Online Notarization

Barbara Battersby of Premier Title Agency in Arizona is a trailblazer in online notarization. She started doing online closings almost three years ago and has completed more than 700 online notarizations on Proof.

Fraud

Stop Healthcare Fraud Before It Starts With Identity Verification In Medical Licensing

Strengthening the identity verification process in medical licensing will play a role in fighting healthcare fraud by ensuring that providers are who they say they are.

April 18, 2024

Giving Docs and Proof Partner to Digitize Estate Planning Agreements

We’re proud to announce our new partnership with Giving Docs. Now, their customers can create their legacy today – without the need to print out estate planning documents and chase down a notary and witnesses.

April 12, 2024

Real Estate

Real Estate Wire Fraud: The Biggest Threat to the Real Estate Industry?

Wire fraud happens when somebody tricks a buyer into wiring money to the wrong place. Sadly for these buyers, once the money has been wired to the criminals, it is usually gone forever.

April 9, 2024

Fraud

Why Online Notarization is Critical to Stopping Deed Fraud

Online notarization creates a more trusted record than a paper notarization and can help prevent fraud.

Andrew MacDougall

April 8, 2024

Fraud

Rental Fraud on the Rise: How to Prevent Scammer Tenants from Moving In

Rental fraud happens when renters lie about who they are, or lie about their income and ability to pay. Unsurprisingly, there is a high correlation between cities with low eviction rates and high levels of rental fraud, which underscores the need for managers to verify applicant identity before leasing a property.

April 8, 2024

Legal

Amended Law Introduces Fully Remote Online Notarization to South Dakota

South Dakota's governor signed a bill to amend the state's notarization laws. This change made improvements to the signer identification process and authorized the use of electronic documents.

James Fulgenzi

April 1, 2024

Legal

USPTO adopts eSign for patent and trademark correspondence

On March 22, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) adopted a new rule allowing for electronic signatures on all patent-related correspondence with the USPTO.

Dale Hardy

April 3, 2024

Introducing On-Demand Witness: Available Anytime, Anywhere

Proof’s network of on-demand notaries now have the flexibility to incorporate witnesses into transactions quickly and efficiently, regardless of location, relationship, or availability.

Lauren Furey

April 3, 2024

Financial Services

Fighting Deepfake Fraud Takes a Layered Approach

Deepfake scams are driving a new wave of financial fraud, usually in the form of new financial account openings, account takeovers, phishing, impersonation and the creation of fake identities.

Financial Services

How Remote Witnessing Helps Your Customers Plan for Retirement

Recent changes at the IRS enable remote witnessing to complete spousal consent waivers for businesses in the financial services industry.

James Fulgenzi

Signing Groups: Enhancing the Signing Experience

Need to send documents to a group of signers and not sure who to specify when preparing transactions? With our new support for signing groups, simply send to a group of signers using a shared email address.

Melissa Norton

Digital Identity

KYC is for onboarding. But after that, can businesses trust they’re interacting with their real customers?

Between forged signatures, forged documents and forged activity online, there’s fraud everywhere. Fraud is impacting your business on all fronts, and now companies are the ones responsible for preventing it.

Proof Welcomes Eric Fleischman as CTO to Help Build the Identity Layer for the Internet

Eric Fleischman joins Proof as Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Proof is the leading eNotaryLog alternative

eNotaryLog recently shared that it will soon cease operations. As the leader in online notarization, Proof is the perfect eNotaryLog alternative to help businesses manage their notarization needs.

Business Workflow

HelloPrenup and Proof Partner to Digitize Prenuptial Agreements

Proof is proud to partner with HelloPrenup, the premier online prenup platform that allows couples to create valid binding prenup agreements quickly and for a fraction of the cost.

Pat Kinsel

March 6, 2024

Improve security, compliance with new role-based access

Business Premium and Enterprise customers can request three new roles that grant precise access to important areas of their Proof account.

Andrew MacDougall

February 8, 2024

Real Estate

Industry Impact: How remote online notarization is changing the real estate game in the Golden State

CA Senate Bill 696 unlocks remote online notarization for real estate closings in the state of California, the cornerstone of the national real estate market.

Eddie Oddo

February 5, 2024