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.

New research by Mitek, a global digital identity and digital fraud prevention, and YouGov, specialist, has found that banking customers’ trust in technology remains low in the United Kingdom.

Mitek has introduced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology into its identity verification workflow. This ‘fast-lane’ helps banks, fintechs and financial organisations onboard their customers more simply and securely.

Mitek and Digidentity, a digital identity verification solutions provider in Europe, have securely scaled operations to enable faster onboarding of those registering with GOV.UK Verify. Working together, Mitek and Digidentity ensured processing speeds of up to 400 applicants per minute to accommodate the growing need for UK nationals and residents to apply for government services, including Universal Credit, during the pandemic.

Mitek has announced new innovation in its Liveness Detection feature. As a provider of Liveness Detection, Mitek is extending its technology to offer virtually spoof-proof facial comparison across all digital channels (native and web) - through one simple selfie. There are no additional steps for the consumer.

Mitek has announced that Ajax Amsterdam, one of Europe’s premier football clubs, will be using Mitek’s Mobile Verify with Face Comparison solution to improve online experience and bolster security for fans. Putting fan enjoyment and safety at the heart of everything they do, Ajax is committed to verifying the identities of ticket buyers. The hurdles, complying with GDPR while maintaining paper copies of fans’ ID documents, ...

Flexi-Fi has announced its new partnership with Mitek. Flexi-Fi will use Mitek’s Mobile Verify as part of its customer application process to make access to funding more secure, faster and affordable for its customers - whatever their needs may be. For more than ten years, Flexi-Fi products have positively impacted the lives of its customers, who often borrow to pay for professional degrees, dental treatments or to renovate their ...

Fake profiles are an issue encountered by almost all social media users – it may be as benign as a Facebook friend request from somebody you’ve never heard of, or as sinister as a Twitter troll that seeks to humiliate or even defame. By Rene Hendrikse, Vice President, Managing Director EMEA, Mitek

The arrival of e-commerce and digital banking has been revolutionary for both financial services firms and customers alike. We have saved not only time, but also money as new marketplaces and low-asset business models have thrived on the flexibility afforded by open banking. Never before have we had better control over our money and financial services products. By Rene Hendrikse, MD EMEA, Mitek