robo-signer
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly back-formation from robo-signing or from robo- + signer.
Noun edit
robo-signer (plural robo-signers)
- (business) Someone who signs documents without reviewing them
- 2010 October 18, Elizabeth Shell, “The Road to 'Robo-signing'”, in PBS NewsHour[1], retrieved July 19, 2016:
- critics claim "robo-signers" from the banks were robotically signing off on literally hundreds of thousands of affidavits
- (business) A mortgage servicing employee who approves a foreclosure without reviewing relevant documents
- 2016, “DEFINITION of 'Robo-signer'”, in Investopedia[2], retrieved July 19, 2016:
- While some robo-signers were middle managers, others were temporary workers with virtually no understanding of the work they were doing.