22 April, 2018
The automated teller machine (ATM) network of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon dispensed Rs 6.179 billion on April 10 and 11, establishing new records for the highest and second highest cash disbursements over a 24-hour period during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. These peak disbursements of Rs 3.166 billion on April 10 and Rs 3.013 billion on April 11 easily beat the previous single-day record of Rs 2.79 billion set by the Bank on April 7.
Overall, the Commercial Bank ATM network dispensed Rs 27.373 billion between April 1 and 13, at an average of Rs 2.1 billion per day.