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E-Signature for Internal Financial Documents - FAQ
- What are the most common types of financial transactions that the E-signatures guidelines apply to?
- How can I be confident that an electronic approval is acceptable?
- I do not want to use an E-Signature. Do I have to?
- Should we have standardized way of naming electronic documents? (e.g., by DOC NO?)
- I want step-by-step instructions on how to apply E-Signatures to my internal financial documents.
- Do the E-signatures guidelines apply to legal documents or external agreements?
- How is an e-mail approval an acceptable format for approving internal financial documents?
- Why should I state “Approved for payment” or “approved for posting” when I am already putting an E-Signature on a document?
- Do you offer any validation tools to support the implementation of the E-signatures guidelines?
- Do the E-Signatures guidelines link to existing University of Toronto policies and guidelines on wet signatures?
- How can I begin to verify if a sender is legitimate, or if a e-signature sign-off is legitimate?
- The document standards for scanning requires a minimum resolution of 300dpi and 200dpi for black and white documents. How do I confirm the resolution quality rating?
- Who do I contact if I have more questions about the e-signature policy and technical application?
- FAST Tips – How to easily attach electronic documents to transactions immediately after posting in FIS.