Leveraging eSignatures for Better Compliance in Mortgage Lending
Equifax Workforce Solutions will present a free webinar discussing best practices for incorporating electronic records throughout the life of a mortgage loan, as well as the power of electronic signatures as a tool for achieving compliance with the ever-increasing regulatory burden.
The webinar will be Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 12 p.m. Central time.
Margo Tank, counsel for the Electronic Signature and Records Association (ESRA), will explain the legal foundations for electronic signatures, the reasons electronically-signed mortgages are undergoing rapid growth, and recent developments in the regulatory environment for electronic signatures and trusted third-party records.
Tank will be joined by Jeff Knott, 2015 ESRA chairman. Knott, who is also Assistant Vice President of Product Management for Equifax Verification Services, will provide insights on technology issues related to electronic signatures.
Tank, who is also a partner at financial services law firm BuckleySander LLC, will discuss best practices for electronic signatures in such areas as:
–Validating identity
–Getting consent to electronic documents
–Demonstrating the document made it into the correct hands
–Making sure the eSigned document is tamper-evident
