Just had it in Germany with an application to a bank (DKB). Digitally signed one was rejected. I need to print on paper, sign and then scan. Signing the PDF in an iPad app was not OK.
Oh, interesting, then I guess I was just lucky.
DKB is indeed well known for being quite old-school.
I'll add that in my case the need for a printed and hand-signed copy was always connected to shipping the document or faxing it. Never through email.
