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AYA Bank has partnered with Myanmar Imperial University (MIU) to provide educational benefits for students. A major component of this partnership was the AYA Education Loan, enhancing educational opportunities for Myanmar's youth. This collaboration was announced on 2nd May 2024, at the 'AYA and MIU Signing Event', by U Nay Lin Htut, Chief Business Officer, AYA Bank, and U Zarni Lin, Director of Retail Banking, AYA Bank, alongside MIU's founders, Daw Poht Poht Kyi, and U Phyo Maung Maung. 

The AYA Education Loan offers funding for a wide range of educational programs, including MBA studies at MIU, empowering individuals to advance their careers. AYA Bank is always eager to enter into a strategic partnership with colleges and universities to provide high-quality financial products to students. We look forward to a future of greater educational access and success for Myanmar's youth.

On 30^th April 2024, AYA Bank celebrated a pivotal moment of the successful signing of our partnership agreement with Peace Myanmar Electric Holding Co., Ltd. (PMEH). Leading this significant event were U Myat Min Htin Kyaw, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of AYA Pay, and U Nicholas Naing Myo Mon, Chief Operating Officer of PMEH.

The welcome address was delivered by Daw Yvonne Nang Saw Kham Phyu, Director of Card and Payment Services, and U Naing Myo Mon from PMEH. This partnership empowers AYA Pay customers with the flexibility to purchase IT and mobile products from PMEH through convenient 'Buy Now Pay Later' plans, offering monthly installment options. Additionally, AYA Bank customers will soon enjoy exclusive 'Simple Pay' options with AYA Credit Cards, featuring a 0% interest on 6-month installment plans for their Electronic and Mobile purchases from PMEH.

At AYA Bank, we remain dedicated to enhancing the payment experience with utmost security and convenience. Stay tuned as we continue to innovate and expand our offerings to better serve you.

We are pleased to announce a significant milestone as we formalize e-commerce merchant service agreement between AYA Bank PCL and Grab on 9th April 2024. This event signifies a strategic step forward in our commitment to enhancing the digital payment landscape in Myanmar.    

This collaboration positions AYA Bank as the first and only local acquirer in Myanmar integrated into Grab’s extensive network, expands payment options for Grab users in Myanmar, allowing them to utilize Visa, Mastercard, and JCB cards across the platform, simplifying the checkout process and ensuring secure transactions.

The signing ceremony commenced with a welcome address from U Myat Min Htin Kyaw, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of AYA Pay, and Daw Tresa Hein, Country Head of Grab Myanmar. The agreement was signed by Daw Nang Saw Kham Phyu, Director of Cards, AYA Bank, witnessed by U Nay Soe Ya, Director of Merchant Payments, AYA Bank, and On Grab's side, Daw Tresa Htet Htet Myo Hein, Country Director, Grab Myanmar, signed the agreement, with the presence of Daw Su Mon Kyaw, Head of Marketing, Grab Myanmar, further solidifying the partnership between our organizations.

We view this partnership as a step towards realizing our shared vision of a cashless society and look forward to further collaborations that will enhance the digital ecosystem in Myanmar.

We are proud to share that AYA Bank PCL was in the spotlight at the Business Coalition for Gender Equality Association (BCGE) Membership Appreciation Event held on March 29, 2024, at the Malia Hotel. This event was a heartfelt nod to those advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in their workplaces, and we were right there among the honorees.

A special mention goes to Daw Khin Ma Ma, our Vice Chairman and Vice Chairperson of BCGE, along with key members of the board at BCGE, whose presence at the event underscored the significance we place on these values. This year, AYA Bank took home the Regional Level Gender Equality Assessment, GEARS, highlighting our commitment to gender equality and inclusive practices. Additionally, we were recognized as Impact Champions for our efforts in conducting ‘Inclusive Workplace’ session for SMEs. These acknowledgments reflect our dedication to empowering communities and promoting sustainable growth.

Heartfelt Congratulations to U Paul NYAN MYINT SOE Director of People, for receiving the GEARS Award, and to U Aung Myo Saw, Director of Corporate Affairs, for receiving the Impact Champion Appreciation on behalf of AYA Bank. Our collective passion and commitment have been crucial to achieving these milestones, and we extend our gratitude to all our team members involved in this journey.

AYA Bank's proactive engagement in the Gender Equality Assessment, Results, and Strategies (GEARS) diagnostic tool, developed collaboratively by Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and Business Coalitions in Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, showcases our steadfast dedication to fostering workplace gender equality. This initiative reflects our commitment to not only advancing gender equality within our organization but also setting a benchmark for others to follow.

Thanks to BCGE for this honor and to all our team members for their relentless dedication. We also wish to extend our gratitude to Daw Kyawt Kay Thi Win, Country Director and her team, whose leadership powers the BCGE, for their unwavering support and dedication to these causes. Being part of this event wasn’t just about receiving awards; it was an opportunity to engage with leaders from other member businesses, sharing insights and reaffirming our commitment to DEI. As we move forward, these recognitions remind us of the impact we can make through our continuous efforts in DEI. 

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်မှ “မဟုတ်မမှန်လုပ်ကြံသတင်းများ ထုတ်ပြန်ပြီး နိုင်ငံခြားငွေလဲလှယ်နှုန်းများ မြင့်တက်စေရန် လှုံ့ဆော်သူများကို တည်ဆဲဥပဒေများနှင့်အညီ တရားစွဲအရေးယူနိုင်ရေးအတွက် တရားဥပဒေ စိုးမိုးရေးအဖွဲ့အစည်းများနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်လျက်ရှိကြောင်း” သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ခြင်း

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်သည် နိုင်ငံခြားငွေလဲလှယ်နှုန်း တည်ငြိမ်စေရန်နှင့် ဈေးကစားမှုများ မဖြစ်စေရန်အတွက် သွင်းကုန်လုပ်ငန်းရှင်များ လိုအပ်သော နိုင်ငံခြားငွေများကို Online Trading Platform မှတစ်ဆင့်ရောင်းချပေးခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံခြားသို့ ဆေးကုသခြင်း၊ ပညာတော် သင်သွားခြင်း၊ ဘုရားဖူးသွားခြင်း၊ အလုပ်အကိုင်ကိစ္စရပ်များဖြင့် ထွက်ခွာမည့်သူများအတွက် အသေးသုံး နိုင်ငံခြားငွေများကို ပုဂ္ဂလိကဘဏ်များ၏ ငွေလဲကောင်တာများတွင် ရောင်းချစေခြင်း တို့ကို ဆောင်ရွက်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်က ကြီးကြပ်လျက်ရှိသော Online Trading Platform တွင် ဘဏ်များနှင့် သွင်းကုန်/ပို့ကုန်လုပ်ငန်းရှင်များအကြား အမေရိကန် တစ်ဒေါ်လာလျှင် ၃,၃၇၅ ကျပ် နှုန်းဖြင့်ရောင်းဝယ်နေသကဲ့သို့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်၏ ပံ့ပိုးမှုဖြင့်ပုဂ္ဂလိကဘဏ် (၃) ဘဏ် တို့၏အောက်ပါငွေလဲကောင်တာများတွင် နိုင်ငံခြားငွေ ငွေသား အမေရိကန်ဒေါ်လာ ၃၀၀ မှ အမေရိကန်ဒေါ်လာ ၅၀၀ အထိကို အမေရိကန်တစ်ဒေါ်လာလျှင် ၃,၁၀၀ ကျပ်နှုန်းဖြင့် အထူး အစီအစဉ်အရ ရောင်းချပေးလျက်ရှိပါသည် -

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်၏ အသိပေးထုတ်ပြန်ချက် အပြည့်အစုံကိုဖတ်ရှုရန် ဤနေရာကို နှိပ်ပါ။ 

To commemorate International Women's Day 2024 on March 8th, AYA Bank initiated celebrations by distributing special IWD gifts to our female employees. We chose purple hair ties as the token, a nod to the official IWD color, symbolizing strength, power, loyalty, justice, and dignity.

Our dedication to making a positive impact extends beyond our organization, intertwining with our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts to bring happiness and empowerment to our wider community. We proudly donated MMK five million to the ‘Women’s Development Center’ in Kamayut, Yangon, a beacon of hope for women facing societal challenges for over half a century. The center provides crucial support, including literacy and vocational training, to women, ensuring their integration and success in society. We are hopeful that our contribution will significantly elevate the lives of these women.

International Women's Day is observed with various activities and initiatives aimed at fostering gender equality for a sustainable future. A key event was the panel discussion held at Rowe Head Office in Yangon, focusing on "Invest in women: Accelerate progress." The conversation highlighted the critical need for women's inclusivity and representation across all societal sectors. The panel featured a balanced mix of male and female leaders from AYA Bank across various fields, emphasizing the importance of balance and harmony. We extend our gratitude to our motivational speakers for facilitating a meaningful and impactful dialogue. Special thanks go to our Executive Chairman, Daw Khin Saw Oo, for her opening remarks, and to our esteemed panelists: Daw Jasmine Thazin Aung, Deputy CEO; Daw Lwin Lwin Aung, Chief Financial Officer; U Paul Nyan Myint Soe, Director, Head of People Department; and Daw Khine Swe Thaw, General Manager, People Department, for sharing their valuable experiences and perspectives, and to our moderator, U Thurein Htut, Manager, Marketing Department.

At AYA Bank, we are devoted to cultivating a workplace that thrives on diversity and inclusion, which, in turn, enhances our strength, adaptability, and understanding. This International Women's Day, forge us ahead on the journey toward ‘Gender Equality’ and ‘Inclusive Growth’. 

As the calendar turns to March 1, 2024, AYA Bank is gearing up to celebrate “Employee Appreciation Day”. It is a pivotal moment dedicated to acknowledge the relentless efforts and contributions of our employees. This day serves as a potent reminder for us to express gratitude towards our workforce, the very backbone of our success and growth.

The significant event took place at AYA Bank’s head offices, Rowe and River View, as a come-and-go reception for the whole day. Since there is no better time than today to express our appreciation to the employees, we took this opportunity to celebrate in many ways to show how much we value them.  In the morning of this special day, senior management and head of departments make a public recognition by using stickers, giving flowers and say ‘thank you’ to employees to make a warm welcoming office entrance. Thank you notes were also distributed from seniors to their teams and between collagues. It’s a small gesture but it means a lot to them and can go a long way. The celebration continued in the afternoon; taking everyone out for ice cream to give them a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, spend some time away from work, and enjoy a tasty treat. More than anything, Head of Divisions importantly made arrangements to celebrate at branches on the same day, to make our remote workforce feel included, boost morale and cheer loud.

“Our success wouldn't be possible without hard work and dedication from all of you. You all are more than just an employee; everyone is a valuable part of our AYA family “, said U Myint Zaw, Chief Executive Officer of AYA Bank in the video message delivered to everyone at AYA Bank. Daw Jasmine Thazin Aung, Deputy CEO of AYA Bank said, “We’ve been through thick and thin together. Every effort to improve the business deserves to be appreciated. Your unwavering commitment to our mission and values is well recognized and thank you all for making AYA Bank a wonderful place to work.” 

We extended our appreciation to People Department for organizing this auspicious celebration. We are always on the lookout to motivate our employee and recognize the contribution made by every staff member, right from frontline staff to executives, every individual’s role is significant to the collective success of the company.