Digital administration is becoming increasingly popular. However, those seeking to achieve high-level digital trust in full compliance with legal requirements have so far had to use several systems in parallel. One provider identifies them and issues their qualified electronic signatures, another platform enables user-friendly contract management, while their customers are identified through an external service provider. The renewed Netlock is now putting an end to this fragmented approach. Led by András Somkuti, former President of Docler Holding, and Bálint Lévai, owner of the BioTechUSA Group, Netlock’s new service integrates essential digital trust functions into a single, closed ecosystem, serving not only individuals but also large enterprises such as banks, insurers and media companies, as well as players in the SME sector.
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Netlock Democratizes Digital Contracting
Netlock’s 2026 story does not begin from scratch. As one of Europe’s first qualified trust service providers, the company has been offering qualified electronic signature services for 25 years. These services comply with the strictest EU regulations and, from several legal perspectives, provide greater security than a standard electronic signature. The newly launched Netlock provides digital identity, KYC services, and qualified electronic signatures in an easy-to-use, authentic and secure environment. Its range of functions is going to be expanded with contract lifecycle management, known as CLM, as well as content authentication and advanced cryptographic solutions. Together, these capabilities may provide a significant competitive advantage in any sector.
“With the two decades of expertise, we merged the best of our business-supporting services into a single, closed platform using one unified credit system. As a result, Netlock has become a comprehensive service provider capable of guiding our clients through the entire lifecycle of a contract, from preparation, approval and signing to tracking and archiving. We do all this while ensuring that our system is easy to use, authentic and secure at the same time. It can even support international copyright disputes by verifying the origin of media files, making it possible to prove that a given piece of content has existed in unchanged form since authentication and to identify who it is linked to,” said András Somkuti.
Media attestation in a convenient way
As AI-generated media becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from authentic content, Netlock shifts the focus from detecting what is fake to proving what is trusted, authorised, and legally defensible. By combining C2PA content provenance with qualified electronic signatures, timestamps, electronic seals, verified identities, and embedded rights documentation, Netlock creates a cryptographically secure and legally meaningful trust layer that travels with the content itself. Organisations can certify origin and authorship, bind agreements and permissions directly to specific media files, preserve provenance throughout distribution and monetisation, and produce verifiable evidence in disputes or audits. Advanced fingerprinting can also reconnect altered or redistributed content to its original certified record even when metadata has been removed. Designed to support scalable rights management, compliance, and emerging requirements such as the EU AI Act, Netlock transforms digital content into a trusted, verifiable asset backed by human accountability and legal infrastructure.
Digital Identity in 1 Minute
Until now, the wide adoption of paperless contracting has been hindered by several overlapping challenges. Previously, no contracting party could be certain whether their partner had an electronic signature or whether they were able to use it properly. If they did not, obtaining a trusted signature usually involved a slow and costly identification process. In addition, document management systems and trust service providers typically operated on two separate platforms, and integrating them could have created an inconvenient user experience in everyday use. Furthermore, electronic signature and document management systems were usually priced on a per-user basis, which could make the process disproportionately expensive for partners who only sign documents occasionally. Together, these factors have led users in two main directions: either they have used electronic signatures that have long been available on the market but are not qualified from a legal standpoint, or they have reverted to “old-school” paper-based contracting.
“We have applied UX/UI solutions that allow anyone to use Netlock intuitively in everyday situations, regardless of their level of digital competence. Obtaining the right to use a qualified electronic signature, from identification to issuing the first trusted signature, takes no more than one minute. With this new service, users can begin digital administration not only quickly, but also on a reliable, authentic and legally robust foundation,” added András Somkuti.
Unique Business Model With Transaction-Based Pricing
Unlike the industry standard, Netlock’s business model is not user-based but transaction-based. This means a company does not need to maintain unnecessary monthly subscriptions for colleagues who merely sign only once or twice. Instead, they need to pay only after transactions. The platform also allows one party to “sponsor” the other party’s signing cost, meaning any external partner can be included in the signing process without requiring expensive licenses for those who sign only rarely.
“A business that is able to centralize trust functions in a single system can significantly reduce trust-related risks and losses arising from administrative errors. Clients using Netlock can more easily enter the world of fully digital contracting without having to compromise between usability and a reliable trust framework. European regulation is also moving in this direction: the future of digital administration will be built on more unified, secure and better-controlled trust services,” said Bálint Lévai.
Simple Electronic Signature Platform vs. Qualified Trust Service Provider
The ecosystem provided by Netlock is based on the company’s status as a Qualified Trust Service Provider, or QTSP. Qualified trust service providers are organizations that are officially audited and registered by international authorities. “The fundamental difference compared to a simple platform is that, in this case, it is not merely software recording that someone has participated in a process. Instead, a legally accountable and regulated organization ensures that the signer really is who they claim to be, that the time of signing is authentic, and that the document has remained unchanged. As a result, the Netlock signed documents can also be interpreted in court or administrative proceedings,” added András Somkuti.
“In the case of financing documents or multinational contracts, the stakes are high, and the question is always the same: if something becomes disputed, how can be proved that the signature was valid? Through a qualified trust service provider, this is never a matter of retrospective reconstruction. Fast signing is now available from many providers, but far fewer are capable of ensuring that behind the signature there is a regulated and audited trust framework. We have entered the market at the right time, and there is enormous international interest in Netlock, particularly from the financial, enterprise and legal sectors. Our mission is to establish the fundamental conditions of trust in the digital world for everyone,” said Bálint Lévai.
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