Easier management of financial affairs for persons under guardianship and who have granted a continuing power of attorney

Private guardians and attorneys will now be able to grant new mandates to manage their client's or grantee’s financial affairs (such as in OmaVero or Traficom e-service) and to view and invalidate previously granted mandates in Suomi.fi.

Guardians and attorneys are no longer required to apply for a mandate to manage financial affairs

Until now, granting new mandates, invalidating mandates, or examining existing ones has required a separate mandate application or request for information submitted to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.     

Now, all of these are available as a self-service in Suomi.fi Services. The requirement to submit a mandate application is being discontinued.  

Faster and smoother transactions

The Suomi.fi e-Authorizations reform clarifies mandate management and makes managing the client’s or assignor's affairs faster and smoother.

Currently, private guardians or attorneys may:

• Examine who the client or assignor has granted a mandate to manage financial affairs.
• Invalidate mandates to manage financial affairs.
• Grant new mandates to manage financial affairs on behalf of the client or assignor.
• Approve mandate requests sent by others to manage the client’s or assignor's financial affairs

The assignor is ultimately responsible for what their assignees do with the mandates granted to them.

Changes apply only to the management of financial affairs

Changes made in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations will take effect immediately. Mandates can be managed within the competence granted by the guardianship decision or the continuing power of attorney.

However, this change does not apply to other personal mandates, such as for managing health and social affairs. An attorney or guardian may not, for example, examine their assignor’s or client’s MyKanta mandates.

To manage health and social affairs and other than financial affairs, the guardian and attorney will still need a separate mandate in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations.

Find more information in Suomi.fi instructions

• Acting on behalf of a granter of a continuing power of attorney
• Acting on behalf of a person as their guardian 
• I am under guardianship. Who is allowed to act on my behalf? 
• What financial affairs can be managed with a mandate in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations? 
• What personal affairs can be managed with a mandate in Suomi.fi e-Authorizations?