Overcoming Paper-Based Challenges in Swiss Fiduciary Services
leanrun ag is a Lucerne-based trust company that provides services such as accounting/payroll, CFO-as-a-Service, and “fiduciary on demand” for startups and SMEs. In this environment, contracts, powers of attorney, annual financial statements, payroll documents, and mandate agreements must be signed quickly, in compliance with legal requirements, and often regardless of location. Paper-based signature processes lead to media breaks, long waiting times for postal delivery, various archiving issues, and ultimately delays in accepting mandates. Due to increasing compliance requirements (DSG, ZertES), clear legal validity, and verifiability regulations (audit trail), electronic signatures are becoming increasingly important. Frequently cited hurdles for Swiss trust companies include increasing data protection requirements and digitization pressure, legal pitfalls surrounding e-signature types (SES/AES/QES), and audit-proof storage.
Advanced and Qualified Electronic Signatures for Legal Compliance
With signeer from mesoneer, leanrun has digitized its existing processes without losing sight of legal requirements.
- Elimination of paper trails: Instead of sending contracts or powers of attorney by mail, clients can sign electronically. The entire process, from creation to legally valid storage, is completely digital and location-independent.
- Appropriate signature levels depending on the document: An advanced signature is often sufficient for internal approvals, while client agreements or annual financial statements require a qualified signature. This ensures that every process is handled in a legally compliant and pragmatic manner.
- Uniform verification: Every signature process is documented with a time stamp and audit trail. This enables leanrun to prove to authorities or courts at any time who signed which document and when.
- Client-friendliness: International clients in particular no longer have to appear physically in Lucerne or Zurich – identification and signature can be carried out online without media discontinuity. In this way, leanrun supports its clients' location-independent working methods.
Improved Efficiency and Compliance Through Electronic Signatures
leanrun has massively accelerated the signature process: contracts that used to take several days to complete are now often signed in a matter of minutes. Mandates are accepted more quickly, order processing times are shorter, and the customer experience is more modern and professional. At the same time, the compliance risk has been reduced: leanrun can ensure that every signature meets legal requirements and is verifiably documented. Media discontinuity, duplicate versions, and unclear responsibilities have been eliminated. leanrun has taken the next step in digitalization with the electronic signature from mesoneer/signeer. The changeover has enabled leanrun to eliminate paper processes, time-consuming procedures, and legal gray areas, further improving the efficiency of the fiduciary business.
Key Figures
of contracts are signed entirely digitally.
reduction in the time from dispatch to contract completion.
decrease in the effort required for follow-up emails to track signatures.
Frequently asked questions
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