Sberbank and the Federal Notary Chamber: Electronic Notary Power of Attorney

The Electronic Notary Power of Attorney service allows Sberbank clients to provide attorneys with access to their products, facilitate work with documents and protect against fraud risks.

2023: Full-scale launch in Russia

Since the end of February 2023, electronic notary power of attorney (END) has begun to be accepted in all offices of Sberbank. It is assumed that a full-scale launch of the service will help customers of a credit institution save time, as well as provide them with a higher level of security.

With the help of the END, the trustee can withdraw money, replenish deposits, receive statements from deposits or accounts. In the future, the list of available operations will be expanded.

With the help of END, the trustee can conduct transactions with the accounts of the trusted

We have tested the new service in a number of pilot regions and are putting it into operation. An electronic power of attorney certified by a notary is accepted at any Sberbank office throughout the country/throughout Russia, "said Pyotr Dneprovsky, director of the State Products and Services division of Sberbank.

Previously, the client had to come to the notary, issue a power of attorney from him and transfer or send the document in paper form to a proxy. After that, the trustee contacted Sber, whose employees checked the authenticity of the document and the data indicated in the power of attorney manually.

Now the notary certifies the document in electronic form, which is signed by the electronic signature of the notary, which guarantees its authenticity, and online sends it to the bank via a secure communication channel. The electronic power of attorney immediately goes to Sberbank and is checked automatically.

The notary's electronic infrastructure provides modern "digital circulation" with reliable legal instruments, and citizens and businesses with additional guarantees to protect their rights and legitimate interests. Effective cooperation of the FNP with Sberbank allows you to test and make publicly available new products so important for citizens and businesses. Such a project as electronic notary power of attorney contributes to the development of electronic document management in the country, makes it convenient and effective, "said Konstantin Korsik, President of the Federal Notary Chamber.[1]

2020: Launch of the Electronic Notary Power of Attorney service

On July 28, 2020, Sberbank informed TAdviser that, together with the Federal Notary Chamber and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, it had conducted a banking operation on the basis of an electronic power of attorney certified by a notary. This step will help in the development of "Electronic Notary Powers of Attorney."

Sberbank and the Federal Notary Chamber launched "Electronic Notary Power of Attorney"

This service will allow notaries not only to certify digital powers of attorney, but also to immediately send them to bank a secure channel. communications This will allow you to refuse to transfer the paper version of the power of attorney to the attorney - after issuing a digital power of attorney, he will almost immediately be able to conduct an operation on a trusted account in a number of Sberbank branches. The project was implemented with methodological support. Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Russia

Maksut Shadayev, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation:

Many people understand digitalization as IT automation of individual services. We understand digitalization as a fundamentally different approach to process design, a radical change in the entire current landscape of established relationships between organizations and end users. The service of electronic powers of attorney is just an example of an element of digital architecture that will provide citizens and organizations with another degree of convenience and security.

German Gref, President, Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank:

The digitalization of routine processes and the release of people's time for what is actually important to them is the fundamental trend of Russia and other leading states. The provision of notarial services in electronic form is just one of these processes and the situation with the pandemic has proven the correctness of development in this direction. We are glad that together with the Federal Notary Chamber we took a big step in this right direction and created an Electronic Notary Power of Attorney.

Konstantin Korsik, President of the Federal Notary Chamber:

When civil circulation goes into digital space, it is necessary to guarantee the protection of the rights of citizens and their property, and this is the task of notarial activity. The notary is actively developing digital innovations in its work, which allows you to create convenient and safe services for people in electronic formats. Cooperation of the FNP with Sberbank allows you to test and make publicly available products so important for citizens and businesses.

At the first stage, with the help of the "Electronic Notary Power of Attorney," it will be possible to carry out simple operations - withdrawing money, replenishing, receiving a statement from a deposit or account. Already in July 2020, this operation is available in a number of Moscow branches of Sberbank.

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