{"id":3435,"date":"2025-04-01T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=3435"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:30:11","slug":"carnet-e-schools-signator","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/vizibit.ch\/en\/case-study\/carnet-e-schools-signator\/","title":{"rendered":"How CARNET used Signator platform to execute 172 million EUR e-Schools program during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_CARNET\"><\/span>What is CARNET?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carnet.hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CARNET<\/a> &#8211; the <strong>Croatian Academic and Research Network<\/strong> \u2013 is a public institution operating within the Ministry of Science and Education in Croatia. It specializes in the field of information and communication technology and its application in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Background\"><\/span>Background<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CARNET is the beneficiary of the \u201ce-Schools programme,\u201d a comprehensive informatization of school operation processes and teaching processes aimed at the creation of digitally mature schools for the 21st century, conducted from 2015 to 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The indicative value of the second phase of the programme amounts to 172 million EUR, financed from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, and the state budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CARNET anticipated immense volumes of administrative paperwork in the e-Schools program that required legally binding documentation to be signed by each participant, respectively: representatives of schools, their founders (cities, counties, ministries, and religious communities), and the Ministry of Science and Education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of the program (Phase 1), registration for schools was conducted using paperwork, relying on the postal service to deliver each document and then having to wait for a handwritten signature for approval, making the whole process cumbersome and time-consuming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the pandemic struck, resulting in a total lockdown. Phase 1 was in jeopardy\u2014people were now working from home and post offices were closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of document signing and distribution had to change quickly. It was time for Phase 2, which required a suite of applications and integrations for automating and connecting the entire agreement process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Approach\"><\/span>Approach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So, once their needs were identified, and with the pandemic being a big concern, questions were raised:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where to begin? How to start?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were the questions asked by managers, IT, and legal departments during the process of selecting the right platform. All of the processes they analyzed included at least one legally binding document upon completion, which is why Qualified Electronic Signatures were chosen as the foundation for implementing digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the EU, an eIDAS-compliant Qualified Electronic Signature carries the same legal weight as a handwritten signature. For this reason, CARNET recognized the need for a centralized platform to manage their approval and signing processes. In order to sign legally binding documents in accordance with eIDAS, CARNET required two key components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Requirement 1:<\/strong> The digital identity of a signer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Requirement 2:<\/strong> Centralized Signing Software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Requirement_1\"><\/span>Requirement 1<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text sub-heading\">Acquiring digital identity for all participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-2518fc7e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To be able to use Qualified electronic signatures, all signatories needed to be identified. There were around 1500 signatories that needed identification to sign with legally binding electronic signatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CARNET acts as the Registration Authority (RA) and provides services for the registration of persons, i.e. it verifies the identities and identification data of an individual on the basis of which it issues, renews, revokes and suspends certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steps in the identification process were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">1. Identification of the signatories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Submission of the application form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">2. Activation of the user account<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Verification of the email and mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">3. Submission of request<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial pin, eID smart card and SC reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">4. eID cared activation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>eID activation with middleware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Requirement_2\"><\/span>Requirement 2<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text sub-heading\">Centralized signing software<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-2518fc7e\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After the selection process, CARNET chose Signator platform as their platform for digital transformation using electronic signatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signator&#8217;s signing platform covered all the scenarios needed for the successful execution of the CARNET e-School program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-text\">Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Signing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>creating a new signing workflow with PDF, XML, MS Office or Open Office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adding a visual representation of signatures on a document<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>crypto Device signing (USB or Smart card) or remote signature signing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>signing multiple documents in a single batch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Editing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>adding document attributes, attachments, comments, shares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>add signatories before or after current signer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>replace current signer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Verification<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>verification of signatures on received documents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>visual alerts of faulty signatures with details<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Advanced<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>advanced filtering plus smart folders sharing access rights to a single user or a group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>multiple actions on multiple documents (change document attributes, change signer, add attachment, add comment, reject, terminate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-text\">Miscellaneous<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>easy integration with internal systems over defined API\u2019s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>connecting to internal systems (LDAP, mail)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>corporate branding (logo and colors)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signing_process\"><\/span>Signing process<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Vizibit&#8217;s agile approach to its customers&#8217; needs resulted in two additional functionalities that were developed for CARNET:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Campaigns that included:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>collecting data by submitting filled electronic forms (eForms)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>from the School principals, resulting in signed PDF documents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mass sending of personalized and prefilled documents to School Principals for approval and signing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strong authentication mechanisms for external signatories using Smart Cards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;One of the greatest advantages working alongside Vizibit is their quick response to our changing needs as the program evolved from phase to phase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Miro Capan &#8211; CARNET head of IT<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Results\"><\/span>Results<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial assumption was that there would be around 1500 documents with three signatories per document. However, because the adoption of the Signator application was received very positively by all participants, the implementation spread to all other types of documents. That is why, in less than a year, the numbers were as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1428\" height=\"497\" class=\"gb-media-b9ef7332\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png\" title=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2.png 1428w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-768x267.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"classic-grid gb-element-b385c185\">\n<div>\n<p>There were 3 general types of documents that went into the approval and sign process: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>electronic forms<\/strong>, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>invoices<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and <strong>other miscellaneous generic documents<\/strong> (such as contracts, supplier o\ufb00ers, orders, simple employment contracts, account openings, management employment contracts, audit reports, travel orders etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"502\" class=\"gb-media-e77e61a5\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-140018.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-06-24 140018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-140018.png 866w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-140018-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-140018-768x445.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-bd841c23\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Money_saved\"><\/span>Money saved<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the volume of documents signed, we can present an approximation of the money saved by using our automated approval and signing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are 5 input parameters relevant for the calculation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Average number of documents<\/td><td><strong>10.012<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average number of sheets of paper<\/td><td><strong>5 pages<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average number of copies of the document<\/td><td><strong>2 copies<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Average number of copies of the document<\/td><td><strong>6 minutes<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Documents sent by mail in percentage<\/td><td><strong>80%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The resulting calculation using paper-based processes is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Cost<\/th><th>Paper based cost<\/th><th>Paper-based cost<\/th><th>Savings<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Monthly<\/td><td>2.967,94<\/td><td>801,83<\/td><td><strong>\u22122.166,10<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1st year<\/td><td>35.615,22<\/td><td>9.621,98<\/td><td><strong>\u221225.993,24<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2nd year<\/td><td>71.230,44<\/td><td>19.243,96<\/td><td><strong>\u221251.986,48<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3rd year<\/td><td>106.845,66<\/td><td>28.865,93<\/td><td><strong>\u221277.979,73<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4th year<\/td><td>142.460,88<\/td><td>38.487,91<\/td><td>Signator-based cost<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1369\" height=\"289\" class=\"gb-media-9510db26\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-141049.png\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-06-24 141049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-141049.png 1369w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-141049-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-141049-1024x216.png 1024w, https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-141049-768x162.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"User_feedback\"><\/span>User feedback<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-77706fee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-carousel-v2 cb-carousel-block\" data-cb-slides-per-view=\"1\" data-cb-slides-per-group=\"1\" data-cb-space-between=\"16\" data-cb-speed=\"300\" data-cb-pagination=\"true\" data-cb-loop=\"true\" data-cb-autoplay=\"true\" data-cb-autoplay-speed=\"6000\" data-cb-breakpoints=\"{&quot;768&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:3,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1}}\"><div class=\"swiper\"><div class=\"cb-wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\" data-sal=\"slide-left\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-out-back\" data-sal-duration=\"800\" data-sal-delay=\"100\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-d66b4582\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-1-1-v2.png\" title=\"Person 1-1 (v2)\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-547bfa53\"><strong>Human Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Now with this new system, we can sign internal documents related to employment contracts, education, travel orders, and the like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\" data-sal=\"slide-left\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-out-back\" data-sal-duration=\"800\" data-sal-delay=\"200\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper gb-element-ce5a852f\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-33b84184\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-2-2.png\" title=\"Person 2-2\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-149af894\"><strong>Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Today, everything is related to efficiency and speed. We have a system that saves my time and gives me the freedom to sign documents anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\" data-sal=\"slide-left\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-out-back\" data-sal-duration=\"800\" data-sal-delay=\"300\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-2efe43f1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-3-3.png\" title=\"Person 3-3\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-9e5464d5\"><strong>Accounting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__text\">This system lets us automate the approval of incoming invoices on all levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-b32b98b9\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-4-4.png\" title=\"Person 4-4\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-924f99dd\"><strong>Project management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Finally, we can now digitally sign documents with internal and external project participants online in minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-01ed5eba\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-5-5.png\" title=\"Person 5-5\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-202314b6\"><strong>Legal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">The important thing for us is that the system guarantees the legal validity of a document for which one can quickly and easily prove who signed it and when.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-747c05a1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-6-6-1.png\" title=\"Person 6-6 (1)\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-959d1c64\"><strong>Developers and IT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We have a secure, modular and flexible system that can be quickly integrated with our internal systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-slide-v2 cb-slide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__blurb\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__title\">\n<div class=\"teams-grid__icon-outer-wrapper\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" class=\"gb-media-19cf020d\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vizibit.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Person-7-7.png\" title=\"Person 7-7\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text teams-grid__headline gb-text-875270bb\"><strong>External users<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"teams-grid__divider\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">We don&#8217;t even need to have our own system for signing. The signing platform and our files are all in our own inbox on Signator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cb-pagination swiper-pagination\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3c0ef4aa\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-e69e08fa\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefits\"><\/span>Benefits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the benefits that CARNET experienced?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"text-large gb-text-066ccc2c\"><span class=\"gb-shape\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><g fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" color=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M17 3.338A9.95 9.95 0 0 0 12 2C6.477 2 2 6.477 2 12s4.477 10 10 10s10-4.477 10-10q-.002-1.03-.2-2\"><\/path><path d=\"M8 12.5s1.5 0 3.5 3.5c0 0 5.559-9.167 10.5-11\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"gb-text\">Convenient<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>approve and sign from anywhere, anytime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>add signature image on a document<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>create and share documents with your team quickly and easily<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"text-large gb-text-6ff53085\"><span class=\"gb-shape\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><g fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" color=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M17 3.338A9.95 9.95 0 0 0 12 2C6.477 2 2 6.477 2 12s4.477 10 10 10s10-4.477 10-10q-.002-1.03-.2-2\"><\/path><path d=\"M8 12.5s1.5 0 3.5 3.5c0 0 5.559-9.167 10.5-11\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"gb-text\">More secure<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cannot fake electronic signature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>validate signatures on incoming digitally signed 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