Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. announced that Peter Smith has been appointed Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 8, 2013. Smith will have enterprise-wide oversight of all aspects of FIS' accounting functions, including the controllership. Prior to Smith's appointment, chief financial officer, James W. Woodall, had also been fulfilling the duties of principal accounting officer, on an interim basis, during its search for a new chief accounting officer. Mr. Smith, 45, has served as senior vice president and segment controller for FIS since October 2009 and was responsible for managing the finance and accounting functions within FIS' Payments Solutions Group segment. Prior to joining FIS, Mr. Smith was Segment CFO, Payments Solutions Group, of Metavante Corporation and held finance roles of increasing responsibility at Metavante since September 2005.

FIS has been selected by Sainsbury's Bank as the bank's technology partner for all its retail banking operations. Under the terms of this strategic multi-year arrangement, FIS will provide real-time core banking and back-office processing support via an outsourced model on behalf of Sainsbury's Bank. FIS will provide a fully integrated real-time core processing and back-office IT solution to Sainsbury's Bank and deliver transition support as the bank moves its back-office services from Lloyds Banking Group to FIS. FIS' integrated solutions will support the bank's deposit, savings, loan and credit cards accounts, and deliver seamless channel integration to enable customers to access their accounts through telephone, internet and mobile devices. The entire operation will be hosted and run by FIS in the UK.

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) announced that Industry Bancshares, Inc. signed a multiyear agreement to replace its four-year-old banking system with an FIS core banking platform to deliver faster customer service as well as advanced online and mobile banking capabilities. The bank is also deploying FIS item processing and other complementary services. By converting onto the FIS core platform, Industry Bancshares will also deliver direct benefits to its customers by providing real-time access to customer accounts across all bank channels including mobile, online banking and bill pay, EFT networks and the traditional branches across its five banks.