Mitek in the news

February 2, 2023

The Stack

Blair: Digital ID could help UK move to “proactive” service delivery

A powerful, cross-party axis between Labour and Conservative former leaders could put digital identity cards back on the table.

February 2, 2023

Business Wire

ID R&D Awarded Patent for Continuous Biometric Authentication in Chatbots and Virtual Assistants

The unique approach captures multiple biometrics in the background during chatbot communications to enhance security without complicating the user experience

January 25, 2023

Forbes

It's Time To Look Harder At The Morality Of AI

Lately, the crescendo of calls for more scrutiny into the algorithms that—whether we know it or not—shape our daily lives has drawn me back to the AI Bill of Rights draft developed by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology and released in 2022.

January 10, 2023

Info Risk Today

Check Fraud, First-Party Fraud to Rise in 2023

Check fraud, first-party fraud and AI-related fraud will increase on a massive scale in 2023, thanks in large part to growing insider threats and the global economic slowdown. Frank McKenna, chief fraud strategist at Point Predictive, explains how banks can prepare to tackle these types of scams.

January 3, 2023

Biometric Update

Consumers are placing their trust in mobile deposits. Here’s how banks can keep it.

In our post-pandemic world, it’s evident most people have become used to interacting with their banks online and aren’t interested in returning to their old in-person, branch-based banking habits.

January 3, 2023

Biometric Update

Consumers are placing their trust in mobile deposits. Here’s how banks can keep it.

In our post-pandemic world, it’s evident most people have become used to interacting with their banks online and aren’t interested in returning to their old in-person, branch-based banking habits. This was one of the key findings from a recent report Mitek conducted with Cornerstone Advisors, based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers.

December 13, 2022

Forb

Three Trends For Protecting Customers From Identity Fraud In 2023

It’s that time again, when predictions for cybersecurity trends in the coming year begin to appear. Reading through them is enough to scare a person offline. Satellites will be hacked. Cryptocurrencies and blockchains will collapse. Fraud networks will become bigger, better and badder than ever.

December 2, 2022

She Can Code

How to break down bias for women in our tech future

Although there is clearly still a lot of room for improvement for women and their role in STEM innovation, my optimism has not ceased in the slightest.

December 2, 2022

DataCentre Solutions

How can we eliminate gender bias in our tech future?

One of the goals of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which places a strong emphasis on STEM education and training, is to encourage careers in these fields for both men and women. However, we still have a lot of room for improvement for women and their role in STEM innovation. According to UNESCO, only 35% of students enrolled in STEM-related degrees are women and only 3% of them choose to major in IT.

December 1, 2022

Help Net Security

Infosec products of the month: November 2022

Mitek launches Mitek MiPass – a passwordless identity authentication solution that allows a person to access digital accounts securely using two features that are uniquely theirs: voice and face. MiPass enables users to access digital accounts by taking a selfie and speaking a phrase with their phone.

November 23, 2022

CFO

Financial Industry is Third-Most Targeted By Hackers

As cybersecurity concerns grow throughout corporate finance, hackers continue to target financial institutions with some success. According to a research report conducted by Proxy, modern data breaches targeting large-scale financial institutions that have underdeveloped cybersecurity protocols remain consistent.

November 14, 2022

Feel that tremor in the identity protection forcefield? That’s MiPass

I’ve worked in the identity and fraud space for more than 20 years. Yet I recently was a victim of a SIM-swap scheme in which my identity was stolen and was used to compromise my bank account. Within 45 minutes, fraudsters had begun funneling my hard-earned money out of my account.

November 14, 2022

Solutions Review

Multimodal Biometrics: The New Frontier Against Fraud

Identity fraud losses in 2020 totaled $56 billion – that’s billions with a B – according to Javelin Strategy & Research, an astounding number that includes $49 billion in identity fraud scams, a category that Javelin measured for the first time in its 2021 Identity Fraud Study.

November 2, 2022

Find Biometrics

ID Talk at Money20/20: Reinventing the Future of Identity with Mitek’s Chris Briggs

Briggs showcases the fruits of Mitek’s HooYu acquisition, which resulted in the new MiVIP product, as well as the company’s latest multi-modal biometric authentication solution. The conversation turns to the fintech buzz at Money20/20 around privacy, verification and authentication.

October 31, 2022

IT Security News

Mitek MiPass combines voice and face recognition to strengthen digital security

Mitek launches Mitek MiPass – a passwordless identity authentication solution that allows a person to access digital accounts securely using two features that are uniquely theirs: voice and face. How: To access a digital account using MiPass, a person simply uses a smartphone to take a quick selfie and then record a phrase.

October 31, 2022

Mobile ID World

New Devices Show Ongoing Innovation In Mobile Biometrics

Singapore-based Advanced.AI announced that it has provided a selfie-based onboarding system for Finnix, a fintech app. Finnix was developed by the Thailand-based lender Monix, and offers access to micro-finance loans. Users can verify their identities by uploading photos of their Thai national ID cards and their faces.

October 29, 2022

Biometric Update

Selfie biometrics and mobile digital IDs proliferate for financial, government services

Biometrics and digital IDs on mobile devices made several of the most-read stories of the past week on Biometric Update, including mDL progress in America and Europe, interesting survey results from Onfido, and a major biometric authentication platform release by Mitek. Market forecasts for consumer biometrics are rising accordingly. An airport deployment of secunet’s biometric kiosks and national digital ID programs also drew headlines this week.

October 25, 2022

Biometric Update

Mitek pushes passwordless ID authentication with biometrics

ID verification software maker Mitek has released a passwordless authentication platform with multimodal biometrics. MiPass enables users to access digital accounts by taking a selfie and speaking a phrase with their phone, according to Mitek.

October 24, 2022

Finovate

Mitek Launches Biometric ID Technology Combining Face and Voice Authentication

Identity verification innovator Mitek has launched a new solution designed to enable individuals to access digital accounts easily and securely by leveraging facial and voice recognition technology together. MiPass, unveiled today, offers a passwordless identity authentication solution that only requires a selfie and a recorded phrase to provide a level of convenience and security greater than that provided by authentication solutions based on face- or voice-recognition alone.

October 24, 2022

Finextra

Mitek unveils biometric ID tech

No one likes passwords. An average person has more than 100 passwords to manage, often making it difficult and frustrating to complete even the simplest online transactions.

October 24, 2022

Mitek

Access digital accounts faster and more securely using voice and face together

SAN DIEGO, Calif., October 24, 2022 – No one likes passwords. An average person has more than 100 passwords to manage, often making it difficult and frustrating to complete even the simplest online transactions. Enter MiPass from Mitek, a passwordless identity authentication solution that allows a person to access digital accounts effortlessly and securely using two features that are uniquely theirs: voice and face.

October 13, 2022

Forbes

The Challenge Of Building Trust In The Metaverse

Not that long ago, every business started life as a local business. Slowly and surely, brands gained the trust of local customers via small, everyday in-person interactions. From there, they scaled this trust into new markets, sometimes becoming globally recognized brands.

October 10, 2022

Venture Beat

How a flawed biometrics research project singled out LGBTQ+ individuals

Last year was a grim, record-setting year for violence against transgender individuals, and the Human Rights Campaign is tracking data that shows 2022 is on a similar pace.

October 8, 2022

Technology Magazine

ICYMI: A tech trust problem and 91% of firms fear ransomware

A week is a long time in tech, so here’s some of Technology Magazine’s most popular articles which have been starting conversations around the world