Notarize
| File:Notarize company logo.png | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Notary, Software |
| Founded 📆 | 2015 |
| Founders 👔 | Pat Kinsel, Adam Pase |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Boston, Massachusetts |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Pat Kinsel, CEO |
| Products 📟 | Online notarization services, E-signatures |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | notarize.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Notarize is a Boston, Massachusetts-based company that provides online notarization and e-signature services.[1] Documents are notarized online, using a remote notary and a video camera.[1]
The company was founded in 2015.[2]
History[edit]
Notarize was founded in 2015 in Arlington, Virginia by Pat Kinsel and Adam Pase.[2]Kinsel was inspired to start Notarize when he had difficulty notarizing documents.[3]
In February 2016, the company launched its smartphone app on iTunes, integrating live video with computer imaging technology and a software-based forensic analysis for user identification.[4]
By June 2017, the company had reportedly done 10,000 notarizations worldwide.[5] In July, the company completed the United State's first online mortgage closing, with United Wholesale Mortgage and Freddie Mac.[1]
In October, the company partnered with online startup Trust & Will to create fully digital online wills and trust documents in Nevada and Indiana.[6]
By March 2020, the company reported that it was expecting to notarize $100 Billion in transactions, up from $10 Billion in 2019.[7]
In October, Notarize signed a deal with document management company Adobe to integrate Notarize’s remote online notarization (RON) capability into the Adobe Sign e-signature platform.[8] In November, Notarize's online notary video service was used by Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins for a sworn affidavit alleging voter fraud, a claim that was later recanted.[9]
Services[edit]
Notarize offers notary services thorough an app and web site that sets up a secure video chat with a licensed notary public. The app includes computer imaging technology and a software-based forensic analysis to authenticate the user's identity.[4] Customers upload the document they need notarized, allowing the customer and notary to see the document being notarized.[10] Notarize's platform requires requires consumers to pass an identity verification process in compliance with the notary’s state law.[6]
Operations[edit]
Notarize is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mortgage Closings Just Took a Big Step Into the Digital Age". The Wall Street Journal. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "This N.Va. start-up wants bring public notaries into the mobile economy". The Washington Post. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "Notarize Wants To Turn Your iPhone Into A Notary". Fortune. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-02.(subscription required)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Need a Document Notarized? There's an App for That". Entrepreneur. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ↑ "Notaries Are Starting To Put Down The Stamp And Pick Up A Webcam". NPR. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "A Will Without Ink and Paper". NY Times. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ↑ "Coronavirus Forcing Home Buyers to Scramble to Close Deals". Wall Street Journal. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ↑ "Notarize inks major deal with tech giant Adobe". Finledger. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ↑ "Video shows 'USPS whistleblower' was not alone when swearing to affidavit alleging mail-in ballot fraud". Business Insider. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ↑ "The Startup That Could Save You From One Very Boring and Time-Consuming Task". Inc. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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