In the future the NFI might leverage Softpro's technology to aid forensic experts in detecting forgeries more quickly and efficiently. Vice versa the NFI will share its expertise with Softpro to be reflected in upcoming releases of Softpro's fraud prevention and signature verification suite SignPlus.
Advancing Signature Verification
The organizations plan to cooperate on research projects for the advancement of signature verification. Research topics will include enhanced methods and tools for aiding forensic experts, cleaning of signatures (filter image components which do not belong to signatures), signature complexity analysis and sophisticated detection of forgeries.
Elisa van den Heuvel, forensic scientist at the NFI: "We have screened several vendors for a potential partnership. We choose Softpro to collaborate with because Softpro has gained an outstanding expertise over the course of many real world applications concerning signature verification. We share the same goal: to achieve the most accurate, empirical and deterministic verification of handwritten signatures possible. We also honor the fact that Softpro is a company with a proven record of being dedicated to research and development, being a driver of innovation for many years."
Alain Sarraf, CTO of the Softpro Group adds: "Softpro is very proud to have the opportunity to work closely with the NFI as it is an institution that not only enjoys an excellent reputation, but that is also seen as forerunner in forensic science. Together we share core values such as achieving the highest level of trustworthiness in what we are doing, and finding innovative ways to improve the verification of signatures. We strive to supply our customers with a competitive edge and believe that teaming with the NFI will provide us with valuable insight into even the most complex verification scenarios."
The Netherlands Forensic Institute uses state-of-the-art technology and science to provide high-quality forensic services on behalf of its clients. The NFI provides objective forensic information and works on the basis of specific examination assignments submitted by its clients. The NFI is independent and does not adopt any positions with regard to guilt or innocence.
Challenge Check Fraud
Unfortunatly check fraud crime is easy to commit with little downside risk to the perpetrator: Enhanced financial products, services and customer access as well as enabling technologies such as scanners, all increase the avenues of opportunity for fraud. Softpro addresses these challenges with a holistic solution called SignPlus, now successfully in production at leading financial institutions around the globe, and securing millions of transactions every day.
