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In January 2016, Commercial Bank of Ceylon announced that for the first time in Sri Lanka's banking history that the users of the bank's online banking facility could make instant, real-time transfers of funds from their commercial bank accounts to accounts in other banks via LankaPay-CEFTS. [10]
The Sri Lankan banking industry was changed during the late 1980s with the introduction of automation by private banking corporations. [10] Previously, few foreign banks were operating within Sri Lanka with few branches such as Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, etc. HSBC was using interactive electronic customer interfaces such as automated teller machines (ATMs).
The Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System, commonly known as SLIPS, is a LKR-only online interbank payment and fund transfer system in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]SLIPS is owned by LankaClear, an organization owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and all Licensed Commercial Banks operating in Sri Lanka, with 47.19% of shares held by the CBSL and State owned commercial banks, and 52.81% by other private banks.
Sampath Bank was the first to introduce the use ofATMs, MasterCard, Personal Banking Unit Facilities, Uni Banking System & Debit Cards (Initially with Cirrus and Maestro and Visa) to Sri Lanka. After its massive re-engineering during the transfer to IT-induced banking, it was able to launch Internet Banking, Internet Payment Gateways and 24/7 ...
Commercial bank unveiled the online banking procedure to the customers in 2000. [17] In 2016, the bank launched Sri Lanka's first ever remittance card in order to ease the process of transferring funds from overseas to local beneficiaries. [18] The bank also launched Sri Lanka's first ever fully-automated cheque deposit machine in 2018. [19]
1982: BOC founded the first merchant bank in Sri Lanka, which was named the Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka. 1987: The bank moved into its 32-storey headquarters. Sri Lankans have nicknamed the building (Pittu bambuwa "පිට්ටු බම්බුව") a Sinhalese term used for a cylindrical cooking implement. The new building enabled the bank ...
Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka (HDFC) National Savings Bank; Regional Development Bank (Pradheshiya Sanwardhana Bank) Sanasa Development Bank; Sri Lanka Savings Bank; State Mortgage and Investment Bank; Source: Central Bank, September 2020 [2]
It is one of the leading finance companies in Sri Lanka and it is also ranked within the top five largest licensed financial institutions among the 46 non banking institutions in the country. [2] In September 2019, the company received the Best Social Media Initiative of the Year at the 2019 Asian Banking & Finance Awards which was held at the ...