Legally secure identification on the Internet should become a little easier in the future. Legally secure identification of the persons involved is required for various contracts and business transactions, such as a new mobile phone contract. In real life this is done by identity card or signature.

The Procedures used when taking out a contract via the Internet require, for example, going to the post office (Postident) or a video chat with a video ID provider, which cannot be properly integrated into the contract over the network. Customers react to such unreasonable demands by aborting the transaction.

Identity via bank Swisscom Trust Services is now offering a new method of identification with “Smart Registration Service (SRS) Bank”. The “SRS Bank” identification procedure uses the identity that was clearly established and confirmed by a bank when the account was opened.

The customer only has to enter his bank details, SRS Bank then checks and confirms their validity and provides data such as name and date of birth. The result is a qualified electronic signature according to the eIDAS regulation. According to Swisscom Trust Services, this check can be seamlessly registered in order processes on the Internet.

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