Estate planning has historically meant knocking on an attorney’s door and filling out paperwork. Laws requiring consumers to have in-person meetings and submit physical ID documents have kept this antiquated system intact even as lawyers adopt software to manage their cases. But in our latest...
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in digital fraud and identity theft, with 18,235 pandemic-related fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the beginning of the year. The trouble is that the restrictions put into place to help slow the pandemic’s...
Digital estate planning startup Trust & Will has executed the first-ever digital will in the United States, according to a report. San-Diego based Trust & Will digitally guides people through the sometimes complicated process of creating legal guardians, creating wills and writing trusts. The firm...
May 14, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an uptick in digital fraud and identity theft, with 18,235 pandemic-related fraud reports received by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since the beginning of the year. The trouble is that the restrictions put into place to help slow the pandemic’s spread has forced brick-and-mortar businesses to close, and therefore driving […]
July 05, 2022
Canadian financial institution (FI) CIBC will be working with Willful, a platform for will creation, to add digital options for affordable estate planning, a press release said Tuesday (July 5). The release notes that many Canada residents consider cost and convenience when they’re considering making a will. And in addition, over half of Canadians don’t have […]
January 24, 2019
Digital estate planning startup Trust & Will has executed the first-ever digital will in the United States, according to a report. San-Diego based Trust & Will digitally guides people through...
