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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.
National Development Bank; Nations Trust Bank; Pan Asia Bank; People's Bank; Public Bank Berhad; Sampath Bank; Seylan Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; State Bank of India; Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Union Bank of Colombo; Source: Central Bank, March 2021 [1]
The Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System (or SLIPS in short) is the largest account-to-account fund transfer network in Sri Lanka. [2] Created by LankaClear, it enables member banks to carry out same-day transfers of up to Rs. 5 million, in a secure paperless process. [3] [4]
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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]
The Sri Lanka Savings Bank was established in July 2006 as a private limited company under the Banking Act No. 30 of 1988 and it was incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act. [2] The bank obtained license to operate as a specialised bank from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka .