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Mitek: The global leader in digital identity for fraud prevention
Mitek is dedicated to redefining digital identity and fraud prevention, providing businesses with innovative solutions to protect what’s real in an increasingly digital world.
Protecting what’s real across every digital interaction
Specializing in identity verification, authentication, biometrics, image capture, and fraud detection, our products ensure swift onboarding, instant identity verification, and robust defense against rising threats, such as check fraud, deepfakes, and AI-powered fraud. Trusted by millions globally, our enterprise-grade solutions are relied on by some of the world’s leading enterprises, offering peace of mind for both the company and their customers. Our mission is simple but essential:
To protect what’s real.
Identities verified
1.3B+
Mobile checks analyzed
8.8B+
Customers
7,000+
Compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001
A global team committed to digital trust and innovation
We are a global team of builders, thinkers, and operators driven by purpose and ambition. United as one team, we earn trust through our actions and strive for excellence in everything we do. With courage and clarity, we embrace change and lead through innovation developing the proof layer in a world of digital deception. By combining AI, capture, and biometrics, we help verify identities and stop fraud across billions of transactions.
Our culture is one of learning, caring, and making a difference, not just in technology, but in people’s lives.
Leadership driving Mitek’s mission to stop fraud at scale
Meet the team guiding Mitek’s mission to build lasting value for our customers delivering secure, scalable technology that protects what’s real and powers trusted interactions around the world.
Our team brings vision, clarity, and momentum to our mission of protecting what’s real. Together, we’re building a culture where innovation thrives, trust is earned, and people are empowered to do their best work.
40 years of firsts: Mitek’s history of identity innovation
Previous
1986-2007
- 1990s Establishes early leadership in check imaging, laying the groundwork for mobile innovation.
- 1989 Goes public on NASDAQ (MITK), raising capital to expand in financial document software.
- 1986 Mitek is founded with a focus on image analytics and OCR for financial institutions.
Vision and validation
2008-2011
- 2011 Begins applying mobile imaging to insurance, healthcare, and account onboarding.
- 2010 Introduces Mobile Photo Bill Pay™, expanding “point, shoot, transact” innovation.
- 2008 Launches Mobile Deposit®, the first app to let users deposit checks via smartphone.
Protecting what matters most
2012–2018
- 2018 Surpasses 2 billion checks processed via Mobile Deposit, $1.5T in value.
- 2018 Enhances OCR, AI and handwriting recognition for checks and IDs, through A2iA acquisition.
- 2017 Gains machine learning-based ID authentication and LATAM coverage, through ICAR acquisition.
- 2015 Enters identity verification with document + selfie matching, through IDchecker acquisition.
- 2013 Announces IPO on NASDAQ under its MITK ticker.
Expand reach in digital identity
2020-2022
- 2022 Launches Mitek’s Verified Identity Platform (MiVIP), a unified identity platform.
- 2022 Adds end-to-end identity orchestration for KYC, through HooYu acquisition.
- 2021 Adds proprietary passive liveness detection and face/voice biometrics through acquisition of ID R&D (USA).
- 2021 Launches Check Fraud Defender™, using AI and consortium data to stop altered checks across channels.
AI-driven trust at scale
2023-Today
- Today Introduces a new purpose: To protect what’s real across digital interactions.
- 2025 Announces industry expert Garrett Gafke as COO.
- 2024 IDLive® Face earns top marks in U.S. DHS testing solidifying biometric leadership.
- 2024 Check Fraud Defender receives Datos Insights award for industry-leading fraud.
- 2024 Edward H. West appointed as CEO.