Mike Urban

Principal Consultant, Urban Designs, LLC.

Urban is accomplished in data analytics and financial crime areas including cyber, payment fraud, money laundering, sanctions screening, FATCA, and regulatory reporting. He is the principal consultant at Urban Designs, LLC which enables financial institutions, insurance companies and the vendor community to create continuous improvements in financial crime detection, process and technology. Urban served as Product Portfolio Director for Fiserv's Financial Crime Solutions and as Senior Director of Product Strategy for FICO's Fraud Solutions. Mike co-invented Card Alert Services, an ATM network fraud and breach detection service which was acquired by HNC Software.

The Insecurity of Things (IoT) and Secure Banking

Presented by Mike Urban • October 21, 2015

The Internet of Things represents an opportunity to improve customer satisfaction and increase transaction volumes. The proliferation of IoT devices will track to over 1 trillion in the next few years, but any device that can communicate with another can potentially provide a direct conduit from the public internet...

Panel: Fraud Investigations - How to Work Effectively with Law Enforcement, Government & Litigators

Presented by David Clarke , Steve Strickland , Mike Urban • October 20, 2015

Public-sector organizations need to better understand the driving forces, priorities and procedures within the organizations they "protect." But equally as important is that the private-sector organizations reciprocate and understand the how, what and why of the law enforcement/public body process. Join our...

Mobile Deposit Capture: Balancing Fraud Prevention and Customer Convenience

Presented by Mike Urban • February 3, 2015

As a 20+ year leader in check fraud detection and prevention, Fiserv has the unique opportunity to observe market trends related to RDC and check fraud. During this webinar you will hear from Mike Urban with Fiserv Financial Crime Risk Management, who will discuss these trends and the specific capabilities banks need...

Payment Card Fraud, EMV Adoption & the Merchant Challenge

Presented by Joseph Burton , Anton Chuvakin , David Pommerehn , Mike Urban • April 28, 2014

Fraud Summit - San Francisco 2014 - Payment card fraud remains a top challenge for financial institutions. The latest wrinkle: Breached retailers such as Target and Neiman Marcus, whose compromises led to wholesale card fraud. Card issuers absorb increasing losses linked to debit and credit fraud, yet they have little...

Mobile Banking Fraud: Controlling It Early

Mike Urban • August 23, 2011

As the use of mobile banking grows, banks and credit unions also should take steps to educate their customers and members about safe e-banking practices.

The Faces of Fraud: How to Counter 2011's Biggest Threats

Presented by Tom Field , Matthew M. Speare , Mike Urban • October 21, 2010

Payment card breaches, check fraud and phishing/vishing - these are the most common forms of fraud striking banking institutions today. Yet, what form of fraud do institutions feel most prepared to prevent? Money laundering. This is just one of the sobering results from the new Faces of Fraud: Fighting Back study...