Philippines brings notarization online with e-notary

Homepage > News > Business > Philippines brings notarization online with e-notary On October 19, the Philippines is set to see its first electronic notarial acts, marking the start of a new system that could change the way Filipinos get documents notarized. Philippines begins era of e-notarization Supreme Court accredits 3 e-notary platforms E-notarization gets legal nod, but not for all Easing business burden But what does that mean for ordinary Filipinos? It could mean fewer trips to a notary’s office, fewer printed documents, and less time spent getting paperwork signed and sealed. With remote electronic notarization, eligible documents can be notarized electronically, with parties appearing before a notary through videoconferencing. For businesses and government agencies, the implications could be even bigger: removing one of the remaining manual steps preventing transactions from becoming truly end-to-end digital. That transition and the role technologies such as blockchain could play in making digital documents secure and verifiable were among the issues discussed during the first joint session of the Global AI Council Philippines, Blockchain Council of the Philippin...