This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. J.R. Whalen: Here's your Money Briefing for Tuesday, October 15th. I'm J.R.

Like handwritten signatures, digital signatures are crucial in your online life. They're your identity-qualified electronic signature, your promise, and your seal. But do you understand what they're ...

If you live in the modern age and have access to the Internet, chances are you’re going to have to digitally sign a document at some point or another. You no longer have to laboriously print out ...

In brief: Payment and risk assessment technologies are increasingly making the need for a signature at a point of sale obsolete, which is fortunate, as many of our John Hancocks have become illegible.