HNB crowned ‘Bank of the Year 2017′ by The Banker Magazine-UK
View(s):HNB PLC recorded another landmark victory with its recognition as ‘Bank of the Year 2017′ in Sri Lanka by the highly acclaimed UK-based financial sector magazine, ‘The Banker’, during a ceremony attended by eminent bankers and financial institutions from across the globe recently at the Hilton London Bankside.
HNB’s award was presented based on an analysis of its outstanding financial performance, operational efficiency, NPA management while providing leadership to the digitalisation efforts of the banking industry, the bank said in a media release.
Accepting the prestigious Bracken Award on behalf of the bank HNB Managing Director/CEO Jonathan Alles said HNB is honoured to receive such a prestigious award and “we are greatly encouraged by this resounding endorsement of our bank’s unprecedented efforts to establish a new standard of banking excellence in Sri Lanka; one that is centred on innovation and breakthrough technologies combined with an unprecedented emphasis on superior customer service”.
HNB is also ranked amongst the Top 1000 banks in the World by ‘The Banker’ and recently became the highest ranked bank in Sri Lanka by ‘LMD’ as well as ‘Business Today’.
Jonathan Alles, Managing Director /CEO of HNB with the Bracken award, with Asia Editor of The Banker (right) and former BBC journalist Michael Buerk, the host of the awards ceremony (left)