It has been widely reported that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made strong recommendations for the standard paper and pen signature when applying for Power of Attorney to be scrapped, making it much easier to apply.
Currently, the application process for a Lasting Power of Attorney requires a wet signature, a witness and someone to confirm the donor is of sound mind. Instead, the FCA wants the Office for Public Guardian (OPG) to allow people to fill in online forms without having the need to provide a wet signature.
Despite the OPG moving more of its processes online in recent years, withdrawing paper signatures will require a change of law to be passed by Parliament. Thus meaning it could be a considerable time before this becomes legislation.
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- Documents are trackable.
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- Any attempts to tamper with the signature are visible
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