IFC, NDB partner to extend financial inclusion in SL
View(s):IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has extended its long term partnership with NDB to support the bank’s transition and growth goals, as part of the existing T20 transformation programme.
Under this programme, IFC will provide global best practices and knowledge to improve the bank’s operational efficiencies enabling the bank to expand its reach. It will aim to increase financial inclusion in the country with a special focus on financing for women, the bank said in a media release.
The signing of the agreement was held at NDB Head Office with the patronage of the bank’s Director/Group CEO Dimantha Seneviratne, the Country Manager IFC Sri Lanka & Maldives Amena Arif and senior officials from the bank and IFC.
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From left: Andrew McCartney, Lead, South Asia Financial Institutions Group Advisory Services, IFC; Amena Arif, Country Manager IFC Sri Lanka & Maldives, Dimantha Seneviratne, Director/Group CEO NDB and Buwaneka Perera, Vice President, Corporate Banking NDB.