People’s Bank opens 200thSelf Banking Unit in KKS
View(s):People’s Bank, marking an iconic milestone in Sri Lanka’s banking sector, recently opened its 200th Self Banking Unit in the premises of the Kankasanthurai (KKS) Railway Station in Jaffna.
The bank has also taken steps to open several Self Banking Units at Chavakachcheri Court premises, Palali Army Camp, Thirunelvely, Inuwil and Chankanai areas. In a bid to provide residents in the North with the ultimate convenience of banking topped up with most modern technology, People’s Bank will launch six Self-Banking Units simultaneously on the same day, the bank said in a media release.
Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Ashok Abeysinghe, Chairman of People’s Bank Hemasiri Fernando, Secretary and Civil Aviation to the Ministry of Transport G. S. Vithanage, senior officials representing the Railway Department, Members of People’s Bank Board of Directors – Ms. Chandra Ekanayake, Dr. Aminda Perera and K.D. Ranjith Ashoka; CEO/ GM of People’s Bank N. Vasantha Kumar, the bank’s Corporate and Executive Management, President & Director of Novus Ricardos Khoury, Director of VSIS Kithsiri Gunasekara, senior government officials, senior officers representing the Tri Forces and Police, Railway Station Masters, banking staff and a large gathering of key customers attended the inauguration ceremonies.
“As a bank which has provided financial solutions to its island-wide customers from all walks of life for 57 years and making an immense contribution towards uplifting their living standards, People’s Bank took steps to implement its digitization drive in 2015 with an aim to offer banking facilities with enhanced convenience, safety and efficiency. People’s Bank is also the first banking institution in Sri Lanka to implement an island-wide, fully-fledged digitization drive, which covers the entirety of the bank’s operations – from the lowest to the highest tier,” the bank said in release.