SAN DIEGO and DENVER, Nov. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mitek (Nasdaq:MITK) (www.miteksystems.com), the leading innovator of mobile imaging for financial transactions, announces that FirstBank, with more than $13 billion in assets and more than 115 locations in Colorado, Arizona, and California, will be the first regional bank to offer Mobile Photo Bill Pay®. FirstBank customers will use their camera equipped mobile devices to quickly and easily add payees to First Bank's bill pay service or pay bills directly. The FirstBank deployment will include Mitek MiSnap™; touch-free capture technology. Mitek MiSnap automates image capture, eliminates user-error and decreases processing time.
"We know our customers want to perform transactions using their mobile device," said John Ikard, CEO of FirstBank, Colorado's largest locally-owned banking organization. "We're going to help them do that by partnering with Mitek and offering their Mobile Photo Bill Pay service. We expect this product to add enjoyment to a task that is normally mundane."
FirstBank customers will simply take a picture of bill remittance coupons. Mitek's technology automatically extracts relevant data and auto-populates fields required for mobile payment. This revolutionary way of paying bills eliminates the need for error prone, tedious and time consuming manual data entry. The technology builds upon science that also powers Mitek's pervasive Mobile Deposit®, currently licensed by more than 1,000 financial institutions and embraced by millions of consumers.
"Mobile Photo Bill Pay is win-win for banks and consumers," said James DeBello, CEO of Mitek. "Mobile Photo Bill Pay extends convenience of mobile imaging to bill payment, leveraging a user experience that millions of consumers have come to love and depend upon. Financial institutions can expect higher DDA balances, lower churn, and new fees for expedited payments. FirstBank's decision to offer this service enables them to capitalize on early adopter advantage since some of the largest banks have not yet offered this innovative service."
Javelin Strategy & Research's February 2013 report, "MOBILE IMAGING: Going beyond Mobile Remote Deposit Capture to Bridge the Consumer Transaction Gap," states that of active mobile bankers, 42 percent expressed a desire to use mobile photo bill pay.
Mitek's Mobile Photo Bill Pay is part of a suite of solutions that leverage Mitek's MiSnap™ touch-free capture technology: Mobile Deposit®, Mobile Photo Balance Transfer™, and Mobile Photo Account Opening™. Decades of research and development power this complete suite of mobile imaging solutions for financial transactions, which banks can deploy all together or as a single service. From depositing checks and paying bills, to acquiring new credit card customers and balances – Mitek enables them all in a snap.
About Mitek
Headquartered in San Diego, CA., Mitek (Nasdaq:MITK) is a mobile imaging software solutions provider that allows users to remotely deposit checks, pay their bills, open accounts, get insurance quotes, and transfer credit card balances by snapping pictures with their camera-equipped smartphones and tablets instead of using the device keyboard. Mitek's technology increases convenience for the consumer by eliminating the need to go to the bank branch or automated teller machine, and dramatically reduces processing and customer acquisition costs while increasing customer retention. With a strong patent portfolio, Mitek is positioned as the leading innovator in mobile imaging software and currently provides its solutions to Fortune 500 financial services companies. For more information about Mitek, please visit http://www.miteksystems.com. MITK-G
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About FirstBank
FirstBank operates more than 115 locations in Colorado, Arizona and California. FirstBank is the largest locally owned banking organization in Colorado, serving more than 600,000 customers. Since 2000, FirstBank has contributed more than $40 million and thousands of volunteer hours to charitable organizations. FirstBank is unique in that a majority of its stock is owned by management and employees. For more information, go to www.efirstbank.com.
CONTACT: Mitek Contacts:
Ann Reichert
Director of Marketing
pr@miteksystems.com
Katherine Verducci
MIX Public Relations
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FirstBank Contacts:
Brian Jensen
Brian.jensen@efirstbank.com
Jamie Tafoya
Jamie.tafoya@efirstbank.com
