Novantas, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Chicago-based Treasury Strategies, Inc., a leading consultancy in bank and corporate treasury functions. The transaction expands the Novantas portfolio and strengthens its position as the leading revenue management company serving the financial community.

Clarient reports that Mesirow Financial, an independent diversified financial services firm, has gone live on Clarient Entity Hub, a utility-based service designed to simplify client data and document management.

Wealthsimple, Canada’s leading online investment service, announced today that they have a launched an automated platform for financial advisors to manage their clients' investment portfolios.

Linedata, the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, today announced that Friess Associates, a growth oriented fund management group, with over $1 billion of assets under management, has selected its comprehensive range of investment management solutions.

Credit card experts MBNA have announced that Android Pay™, by Google™, is now available to their customers as the app goes live in the UK today.

Android Pay will enable Android™ mobile users to seamlessly tap and pay with their phones at almost 460,000 contactless payment points in the UK, with more locations being added every day. It can also be used to make purchases in supported Android apps.

In order to further support both its clients’ banking needs and the bank’s existing business goals, Kingston, New York-based Rondout Savings Bank has partnered with Computer Services, Inc., a provider of end-to-end financial technology solutions, as its new core technology provider. Rondout Savings selected the CSI NuPoint® core solution, which enables the bank to broaden its technology offerings to not only achieve its own strategic objectives, but also maintain its dedicated focus on high-quality customer service.

57% of Britons are overestimating the financial return on their investments despite the fact that the majority of savers are still relying on low-interest savings accounts and ISAs, according to data from Wealthify, the online investment service.

Wealthify says that even though two thirds of Britons are now saving, the amounts saved are low, and many Britons are expecting to get by on a tight budget or struggling to afford bare essentials in later life.

Here are the facts which were gathered from a survey of 2,000 adults in the UK: