We have 50 branches. We have the customer sign two original signatures cards at account opening. One is retained at the branch, the other is sent by courier to our centralized operations area for retention and quality assurance (where, by the way they are imaged). With this system, the branch can view a signature card if needed (although imaging will soon reduce the need for the branch pulling originals) and we still have an original signature card should something happen in transit.
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