AYA Bank (Ayeyarwady Bank) has selected the Misys FusionBanking suite to support a transformative project which will overhaul its core banking system, digitalise operations and improve overall efficiency throughout the organisation.

 InvestCloud Inc., a global FinTech firm, has been appointed by Anchor Private Clients, the private client division of JSE-listed Anchor Group, to provide digital client communication and client reporting solutions. This latest global success for US-headquartered InvestCloud in Africa builds on recent new customer contracts signed in Europe and Asia.

Paysafe, a leading global payments provider, announces it has teamed with Google to be one of the first Payment Service Providers (PSP) to launch in-app Android Pay capabilities to its merchants in Canada.

Android Pay offers a fast, simple and secure way for shoppers to use their Android phones with the use of a digital card for purchases in-app and in-store without pulling out a physical wallet.

As people all over the world are leaving rural areas and moving to cities in search for jobs, education and a better life, city governments are challenged to meet the expectations of a growing urban population.

Sberbank has become the first pubic joint stock company to propose its shareholders to use the e-voting technology developed by National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository. 99 shareholders of Sberbank used the option to receive the materials of the shareholders meeting remotely and to vote online at the AGM held on 26 May. In total, 806 shareholders representing 33.3% votes of the total number of voting shares participated in the AGM electronically (including those who used the e-proxy voting technology). 

Kuwait-based Path Solutions, an international core banking system provider for Islamic banks and financial institutions, has announced it has received the GoodAccredited Standard for the seventh consecutive year.

Financial IT: Hello Erez, first of all thanks for this interview. Could you please tell us more about GoCardless and what is your role in it?

Yolt, a new money platform backed by ING, one of the leading banks in Europe, has launched its open beta today for iOS and Android, offering users across the UK access to a new way of managing their money smartly and intuitively. The app has been tested and improved in closed beta since October last year, and is now ready to invite more people to the platform. Yolt brings the UK market one step closer to Open Banking.

Deloitte, the business advisory firm, today announces the acquisition of Market Gravity, the proposition design consultancy.*

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in London with teams in New York, Edinburgh and Toronto, Market Gravity helps the world’s leading brands across multiple sectors including financial services, retail, energy, telecoms and automotive to create and launch innovative products and services.