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Since completing the first online closing in 2017, Notarize has helped thousands of title agents use remote online notarization (RON) to power a home-buying experience built for the 21st century.

With unparalleled convenience, ease of use, and cost, signers and title companies alike have said that online closings are the future to a world where your phone or computer is the keys to your new home.

Here's how you can bring remote online notarization to your title company, and why it’ll unlock the customer experience you need to take your business to the next level.

I lead cross-functional strategic projects at Notarize and help roll out new initiatives across the company. I’m also a wife and a new, first-time mom.

In the months leading up to the birth of our kiddo, I was having the most fun I’ve ever had at work. Notarize was growing like crazy and our technology truly helped make people’s lives easier in the middle of the global pandemic. Honestly, I had a bit of FOMO to take three months off work at such a pivotal time at our company. I feel so much gratitude to have felt that way. 

Today is an exciting day for Notarize! Not only is today our second annual Rewired conference, but it also marks the expansion for Notarize For Business, which allows any business or industry to bring their own notaries onto the Notarize platform to complete secure online notarizations and real estate closings.

For almost nine years, remote online notarization (RON) has been legal. RON gives anyone the ability to sign and notarize documents 100% online, connecting via a FaceTime-like experience with a commissioned notary 24x7. It really is a better, safer way of taking care of life's most important documents. Because consumers love it, we've seen the nation's top credit unions, such as BCU, roll out a digital notarization service to its members to close loans faster, and improve its operations.

We hear constantly that technology is simply a tool for fraud, but the truth of the matter is, fraudsters will try to cheat in any environment, paper or digital. It turns out that technology is one of our best tools in combating fraud.

When we announced our first ever conference, we couldn’t have imagined how many people would be interested in attending. Rewired is November 18 in Miami, Florida. At the time of this writing, we’re just about sold out, and are blown away by the caliber of speakers. Guaranteed Rate, Opendoor, Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae – it’s set up to be a contender of conference of the year.

Since completing the first online closing in 2017, more than 10,000 real estate professionals have joined the Notarize platform to embrace technology that makes the home-buying experience easier, faster, and more accessible to all.

With the rapid adoption of eClosings and a growing appetite for better education and training, we saw an opportunity to create the industry’s-leading educational resource hub to bring home buying into the digital age. And, our customers have asked for more training about remote online notarization. That’s why today, we’re excited to launch Notarize Academy!

Notarize celebrated its 1,000th online mortgage transaction at the start of 2019, just 18 months after completing the first online closing in the country. We’re thrilled about the momentum we’re seeing in the market, including key partnerships with some of the leader in the mortgage industry.

This includes our friends at Redfin, whose agents recently sourced and funded a loan in less than two hours, performing one of the fastest online closings in the industry.