Seylan Bank partners a series of webinars to uplift and strengthen SME sector

Seylan Bank has hosted a series of exclusive webinars with some of the most successful entrepreneurs and industry experts in the country. The webinars were designed to uplift and encourage the SME sector, and to look at ways of expanding and broadening their business structures to maximize profits post-pandemic, the bank said in a media release.
The series of webinars successfully focused on key areas such as “Digital Transformation Procedures for SME’s, How to create and uplift a Brand successfully, How to Upgrade a Home-Based Business Operation, Methods of Short-Term and Long-Term Cost Control, New ways of Marketing Products and Services,” and much more. These forums were completed in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce & 361 Degrees, featuring Rohan Jayaweera – Former Country Manager, Google Sri-Lanka; Selyna Peiris – Director Selyn Handlooms & Exports; Chandra Vithanage - Senior Assistant Secretary-General, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Professor Nirmal De Silva – Co-founder & CEO - Paramount Realty and Board Director of Regional Development Bank; Yasas Hewage – Director & Co-founder Snipexx Academy of Business  and Lasintha Ferdinando – Principal Consultant – JKSE Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. 
Apart from the knowledge sharing forums, Seylan Bank has also taken steps to support the SME sector by providing a 6-month debt moratorium in accordance with the Central Bank circular. The bank is also geared to grant customers who seek working capital loans at low-interest rates for business expansion and growth in a bid to aid Small and Medium scale business owners affected by the present economic situation, the bank said.