The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently hosted the Bank’s top customers and business partners in the United Arab Emirates, a country with an expatriate Sri Lankan population estimated at 300,000.
Popular Sri Lankan artistes Bhathiya, Santhush and Umaria provided entertainment for this event titled ‘Combank Elite Night’at the LiwaMajlis Ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The Bank was represented by a team that included Deputy General Manager Personal Banking Mrs Sandra Walgama, Chief Manager Travel Ms Kelum Amarasinghe and Chief Manager Remittances Mr Pradeep Banduwansa.
UAE is the one of the biggest markets for worker remittances, In recognition of which Commercial Bank has appointed 23 direct agents in the emirate and placed four Business Promotion Officers in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Shajah and Ajman.
Commercial Bank is one of the most active players in Sri Lanka in the field of remittances, offering customers a range of options including ‘e-Exchange’ – the Bank’s own sophisticated real-time on-line money transfer service, as well as the MoneyGram, Ria and Express Money remittance services.
One of the Bank’s key strengths is its island-wide network of 256 branches, many of which remain open on public, bank and mercantile holidays, and its network of 658 ATMs. Recipients of remittances sent to the Bank enjoy many benefits such as over 65 holiday banking centres and super market counters, a dedicated customer support call centre for remittances and SMS alerts facilities once the remittance is received and is ready to be paid out.