ComBank supports Colombo launch of CB campaign to promote LANKAQR

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon extended its wholehearted support to the Colombo launch last weekend of the Central Bank (CB)’s initiative to promote cashless digital payments via LANKAQR, the national Quick Response (QR) Code platform.

The Colombo launch event was held at ‘Diyatha Uyana,’ one of the most popular outdoor markets in Sri Jayewardenepura, and was attended by the State Minister of Money, Capital Markets & State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Central Bank Deputy Governor Ms. T. M. J. Y. P. Fernando, Central Bank Director Payments and Settlements D. Kumaratunge and several other dignitaries.

Commercial Bank, whose App ‘ComBank Q+’ was the first QR-based payment App to be launched on the LANKAQR platform, offered customers paying for purchases at Diyatha Uyana via ComBank Q+ over the weekend a 20% cashback subject to a daily limit, in support of this promotion. At the same time, the bank’s sales teams visited retail establishments in Pelawatte and Battaramulla to register more vendors for the ComBank Q+ merchant App, as part of its continuing support to popularising LANKAQR. Customers who purchase from these merchants by using ComBank Q+ will also get the 20% cashback till 31^st January, the bank said in a media release.

The first QR code-based App certified by LANKAQR, ComBank Q+ offers options for both retail customers and merchants. All recently launched Point-of-Sale (POS) machines deployed by the bank are enabled with LANKAQR functionality. The bank also launched the Flash Digital Bank Account, a revolutionary account that features a complete suite of financial management and financial wellness tools in one seamless application, which is also certified to process transactions under LANKAQR.

Commercial Bank was recognised by the Central Bank for its pioneering efforts in enhancing the digital payments landscape of the country at the launch last year of ‘Mataleta LANKAQR’ – an event held to commemorate the inauguration of the island-wide awareness campaign to promote cashless payments.