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Onespan

“Can a legacy bank-authentication vendor become the dominant secure digital-agreement infrastructure layer for financial services digital transformation?”

Founded1991
HQChicago, Illinois, USA
IndustryInfrastructure / Identity
The story

Founded as VASCO Data Security in 1991, OneSpan spent its first two decades supplying hardware OTP tokens to banks. It rebranded to OneSpan in 2018 to reflect a pivot toward cloud-delivered digital identity, e-signature (OneSpan Sign), and fraud analytics — essentially becoming a security infrastructure vendor specifically for financial services digital transformation. The embedded finance angle is as a workflow enabler: OneSpan provides the identity verification, e-signature, and fraud-risk layer that lenders, banks, and fintechs need to digitize onboarding and lending agreements.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
1991
Founded as VASCO Data Security International, providing hardware-based authentication tokens for banks and enterprises.· pivot
2018
Rebranded from VASCO to OneSpan, signaling a broader focus on digital identity, e-signature, and anti-fraud solutions beyond hardware tokens.· pivot
2019
Launched OneSpan Sign SaaS e-signature platform for financial services and lending workflows.· banking
2021
Expanded identity verification product with AI and biometric document verification for remote account opening.· banking
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Onespan’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
Electronic signature for lending and financing workflowsDigital identity verification for borrower onboardingSmart forms for loan data captureRemote online notarization for lending agreements
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Onespan — frequently asked

Where is Onespan headquartered?

Onespan is founded in 1991 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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