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Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the country's telecommunication giant joined hands with bankers to the nation - Bank of Ceylon (BoC) recently to implement its direct debit telephone bill payment scheme.

From the inception of Sri Lanka Inter-bank Payment System (SLIP) introduced by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in 1993, SLT was the first and only utility company so far that made available this facility to its customers by a direct debit payment scheme on SLIP.

An agreement was signed between SLT and BoC at a ceremony at the Bank of Ceylon Head Office.

"Our aim is to offer more value to our customers. The Direct Debit Scheme will gradually remove the hassle of paying telephone bills by going to service outlets in person. That will be a great value addition to our customers," SLT CEO, Shuhei Anan said.

"Being the national telecom operator, "we decided to tie up with Bank of Ceylon because we were confident that our customers will get the best through this tie up," Mr. Anan said.

BoC General Manager, Sarath de Silva said that BoC was proud to be a partner of this endeavour. The scheme will simplify busy schedules of customers of BoC and SLT.

The direct debit telephone bill payment scheme will facilitate SLT customers to pay their telephone bill through their banks by advising the bank. Once the customer consents to the scheme, the monthly charge will be deducted from the customer's account. SLT will send the customer a receipt, acknowledging each transaction which will be indicated in the customer's bank statement.

Initially this scheme will be available only for Bank of Ceylon current account holders through its 350 branch network. The service will be expanded to other banks shortly. 

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