Mitek in the news

January 16, 2018

Lending Times

2018 Predictions for MPL, SMB Lending, and Other Alternatives

Lending Times echoes one of Mitek's predictions for 2018: this will be the year of the cybercriminal and predicts there will be 150 million attempts to set up fraud accounts this year.

January 2, 2018

Financial Advisor

Fintech Predictions For 2018

Financial Advisor magazine echoes Mitek's 2018 predictions for the future of financial services, payments and identity verification in digital channels.

December 27, 2017

Global Finance

Post-Sibos 2017 | Teamwork Rules

Heightened global regulations around KYC and consumer privacy have sparked synergy between banks, compliance experts, and fintech/regtech partners with technology to turn KYC into a digital-identity service—a true strategic asset, says Sarah Clark, SVP of global product management at Mitek.

December 27, 2017

Bank Innovation

What Will Happen to Fintech in 2018? More Blockchain, More Loans, More Fraud, Mitek Says

Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. Furthermore, financial institutions will experience a collective 150 million new account opening fraud attempts in the new year. Read the exclusive interview at Bank Innovation.

December 27, 2017

Digital Transactions

As 2018 Nears, Payments Professionals Predict Advances in Tech for Blockchain, Mobile, ID

Kevin Woodward from Digital Transactions interviews Sarah Clark, SVP of Global Product Management at Mitek, about the future of blockchain. Get Sarah's thoughts on how identity and authentication play an ever important role, especially as data breaches, large and small, continue to wreak havoc in the payments industry.

December 27, 2017

RCR Wireless News

What is blockchain technology?

Nathan Cranford from RCR Wireless News looks into the future of blockchain technology, echoing Mitek's prediction of 50% of leading FIs will partner up with blockchain firms by the end of 2018.

November 29, 2017

CU Broadcast

Why 50% of International FIs Will Partner with Blockchain Companies...

Hosted by CU Broadcast, Senior Vice President of Global Product Management, Sarah Clark, shares Mitek's annual predictions for financial institutions in 2018.

October 17, 2017

Investor Point

Mitek acquires ICAR to expand global reach

Mitek (NASDAQ:MITK) announces the acquisition of consumer identity verification company ICAR for $15M in a combination of cash and shares.

October 17, 2017

Crunchbase

Icar acquired by Mitek Systems

Mitek Acquires ICAR, Strengthening its Position as a Global Leader in Digital Identity Verification.

October 17, 2017

San Diego Union Tribune

San Diego's Mitek buying computer vision technology firm for $15M

Mitek Systems, a San Diego maker of mobile check deposit and other software for major banks, is buying a Spain-based computer vision technology company for $15 million in cash and stock.

October 17, 2017

Finance Time

Mitek Systems acquires ICAR

Mitek Systems Inc - has acquired ICAR for purchase price paid in a combination of cash and shares of Mitek common stock .

October 17, 2017

Reuters

Mitek Systems acquires ICAR

Mitek acquires ICAR, strengthening its position as a global leader in digital identity verification

September 28, 2017

American Banker

ID-verification firms seize on Equifax moment

Innovations in customer identification such as capture and identity technology are suddenly more attractive to financial institutions after the data breach at Equifax. Besides, the early success of marketplace lenders, and banks’ efforts to partner with online lenders or start their own digital-lending units, increase the demand for ways to make sure loan applicants are who they say they are.

September 19, 2017

FindBiometrics

Mitek Launches Mobile Biometric ID Verification System for Online Loan Applications

At this week’s FinovateFall conference, Mitek has announced a new solution tailored for the fintech crowd. Called Mobile Verify for Lending, it’s a simple user verification system for online loan applications.

September 19, 2017

Bank Innovation

Finovate Fall 2017 Day One: Data Analytics, ID Verification, and Cybersecurity

Finovate kicked off its 2017 Fall conference with demos from about 40 financial technology companies on its first day yesterday in New York. One of them, Mitek, who showcased Mobile Verify for lending.

September 19, 2017

News

Did You Earn An “A” In Back-To-School Shopping?

PublicNow.com explains some of the benefits that digital banking offers to parents in this back-to-school season. One of them, being able to deposit checks remotely by using Mitek's Mobile Deposit technology.

August 31, 2017

Travel Weekly

ID verification for sharing-economy products

Kalle Marsal, COO at Mitek, writes for Travel Week, explores how businesses involved in the travel industry and sharing economy can increase safety and security for their users while reducing the risk fraud and chargebacks by implementing ID verification software solutions.

August 17, 2017

Mobile Payments Today

Mitek adds NFC capability to mobile verification product

Mobile Payments Today reports on the newly enhanced Mitek’s Mobile Verify. Mitek's identity verification flagship solution has added NFC technology to read the biometric data encrypted in RFID chips.

August 11, 2017

PYMNTS.com

Payments Stocks Decline Amid Earnings Season’s Close

PYMNTS.com recognizes Mitek for gaining 60 cents and adding 5.8 percent over the week of July 31st- August 4th, 2017, despite the overall decline in payments stocks.

August 11, 2017

BankDirector.com

Coming Out of the Shadows: Why Big Banks Are Partnering with Fintech Firms

BankDirector.com explains the benefits of public partnerships between banks and their vendors. They quote VP and General Manager of Payments at Mitek, Michael Diamond: “The market is changing way too fast for banks to do all the things in-house they’ve done in the past.”

August 3, 2017

Travel Industry Today

The Future of Digital Identity Verification

In this article published by Travel Industry Today, Mitek COO, Kalle Marsal, writes about how mobile identity verification can help airport employees efficiently maintain security and compliance while keeping the process simple for busy passengers.

July 26, 2017

PYMNTS.com

Earnings Season Sways Payments Stocks

PYMNTS.com recognizes Mitek for the 6% increase in the stock’s price over the week of 17th – 23rd of July, 2017.

July 18, 2017

El Tiempo

Black Friday and selfies drive mobile shopping

Columbian periodical El Tiempo reports that older millennials (aged 29-34) on average take twice as many selfies as their younger counterparts and are more willing to use selfies to authorize payments online, according to a study commissioned by Mitek.

July 17, 2017

Braintree

A Key to Leveraging the Millennial Mobile Retail Opportunity? Security

PayPal’s Braintree blog discusses how strengthening security in online transactions is the key to leveraging the millennial mobile retail opportunity.