# onespan

Source: https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/mfa/onespan/
Last updated: 2026-06-19
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## Overview

OneSpan is a public security vendor focused on authentication, transaction security, and e-signature, with deep roots in banking and financial services. Founded in 1991 and listed on NASDAQ, it has a long history in the strong-authentication market and combines login security with transaction signing and document workflows that regulated finance customers need.

## What it is good at

Strong authentication, transaction signing, and anti-fraud features tailored to finance are the strengths, along with a mature compliance and audit posture. The ability to pair [MFA](https://startwithidentity.com/glossary/mfa/) with transaction-level confirmation and e-signature in one vendor is genuinely useful for banks, where the risk is not just account login but the integrity of individual money-moving actions. Long experience with regulators, fraud patterns, and high-volume retail banking deployments means the platform tends to hold up under the operational and audit scrutiny that financial institutions face.

## Where it falls short

The portfolio is traditional, and modern [passwordless](https://startwithidentity.com/glossary/phishing-resistant-mfa/) UX and developer ergonomics trail the newer specialists. It supports [FIDO](https://startwithidentity.com/standards/webauthn-fido2/) but is not a passwordless-first product, and it is not a lightweight developer auth API. Pricing is quote-based and enterprise-weighted.

## Pricing

Quote-based licensing. Model authentication and signing volume with the [TCO calculator](https://startwithidentity.com/tools/tco-calculator/).

## Best for, and who should look elsewhere

Choose it for banks and financial institutions that need strong authentication, transaction security, and e-signature together with strong compliance. Teams wanting a developer-first verification API should look at [Twilio Verify](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/mfa/twilio-verify/); those prioritizing modern passwordless UX should compare [Beyond Identity](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/mfa/beyond-identity/) or [HYPR](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/mfa/hypr/). See the full [MFA directory](https://startwithidentity.com/vendors/mfa/).

## Bottom line

A solid fit for financial institutions wanting authentication, transaction security, and e-signature under one mature vendor.