Last year, a campaign group, ‘Bank Signature Forgery Campaign’ (BSFC), was formed in the UK after a series of allegations of forging signatures on court documents in repossession cases against some leading UK financial firms. In this blog, we look further into the matter and discuss the importance of authorised signatory management for fraud prevention and risk management.
Read MoreAs we enter the new year, we decided to take a look back at our journey growing Cygnetise from 0 to 37 paying clients and reflect on the successes and challenges we’d faced so far.
Read MoreExploring the benefits that blockchain could bring to corporate governance and how it could offer smart solutions for classical sector inefficiencies, especially in the relationship between shareholders and the company.
Read MoreAs the US and the UK start catching up with mainland Europe, China and South Korea on adopting electronic signatures, have you ever wondered how valid they are?
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that Praxis IFM Trust, Apex Corporate Services (Ireland), Summit Trust International, The ID Register and JTC Group, have recently joined the Cygnetise network.
Read MoreIn business the all-encompassing notion that the signature is a 100% accurate representation of authorisation is an issue. This misconception that if someone has signed, stamped or printed their name on an official piece of business, they must have been authorised to do so.
Read MoreA piece that outlines how Cygnetise can help you reduces the admin burden and costs whilst mitigating the risk of fraud for your organisation. Read more.
Read MoreWe met Coty de Monteverde, Blockchain Centre of Excellence Director at Santander Digital, at the 2019 ICSA Annual Conference in London where she discussed the impact of blockchain in AGMs.
Read MoreNick Ivory is one of the Company Secretarial Assistants at National Grid PLC, an organisation listed both in the UK and US.
Read MoreThe importance of diversity to a successful board is now widely accepted – it helps avoid groupthink, improves discussion and challenges the conventional wisdom, as well as being a social and moral consideration.
Read MoreAnton Christoff is former Blockchain Technology Lead and Emerging Technology Strategist at KPMG UK, currently an Advisory Board Member of The British Blockchain Association and an advisor for several blockchain startups.
Read MoreBy Caroline Evans FCIS, Founder of MindLeap. ‘Professional socialising’ – networking – can be fun!
Read MoreViviane Joynes is MD at EQS Group. In this interview she talks about regtech, women in the boardroom and that time she ran 3,850km across Europe.
Read MoreFiona is the Company Secretary for Europe at Principal Global Investors.. She is also the Mentoring Coordinator for the Association of Women Chartered Secretaries having recently retired as President.
Read MoreAdi is founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain, a Gartner’s Global Top 20 Blockchain Consulting Firm based in London and Porto.
Read MoreIndependently written by Bird Lovegod. When I was invited to write a blog piece for Cygnetise, I thought to do a little research. So I Google ‘what is an authorised signatory list’.
Read MoreWe chatted with Robert L. Ford, MA FCIS TEP, an international corporate governance and business excellence senior executive based in Dubai.
Read MoreSo far blockchain has been both a new technology that replaces old methods and a new technology that creates different fields of opportunity.
Read More“A good Company Secretary is one who is accustomed to providing an administrative, strategic and advisory function from the background.” says Natasha Jamal, Assistant Company Secretary at Smith & Nephew plc.
Read MoreThe first ‘signature system’ could have been when ancient peoples made positive handprints on walls in caves, a global technology trend from around 40,000 years ago.
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