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Standard Chartered, Lanka Bell make payments easier

Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka has expanded its credit card payment acceptance points to include all Lanka Bell outlets islandwide.

“This is yet another initiative in providing convenience to our customers and we are glad that Lanka Bell partnered us in this. We have been constantly expanding our network of payment acceptance points which are convenient to our customers.

Now Standard Chartered Credit Cardholders can make their credit card payments at any of the 62 Lanka Bell outlets available islandwide” commented Head of Consumer Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar.

“We are pleased to partner Standard Chartered Bank in using our outlets as payment acceptance points for Standard Chartered Credit Cardholders, as its part of our strategy of expanding our portfolio of value added services” said Head of Credit Control Collections, Lanka Bell Ltd Mohamed Rusthum. Standard Chartered Bank Credit Card Payments made at any Lanka Bell outlet before three pm on a bank working day will be credited to customer credit card accounts by six pm on the same day.

Payments made after three pm on a bank working day will be credited on the following bank working day by six pm.

Payments made on a bank holiday will be credited on the following bank working day by six pm. A nominal fee of 0.75 percent of the payment value or Rs. 10 (whichever is higher) will be charged as handling fee.

Customers can also make their payments via any of the Arpico Supercentre/Superstore, and Keells Super outlets islandwide. Other payment channels such as Standard Chartered Branches and the Standard Chartered Bank ATMs also allow customers to deposit cash or cheques to credit card accounts.

Cheques or cash can also be deposited at any of the cheque/cash deposit boxes at the Standard Chartered Bank branches, as well as through Commercial Bank Branches and all Mincom Centres.

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Sarva celebrates fourth anniversary

May 4 was a special day for the team of Sarva Integrated as they gathered together to celebrate stepping into their fourth year of profitable operation in a quiet but intimate ceremony at their offices in Colombo 5.

“We have come a long way since 2005 when five of us gathered here with a dream to shift the focus of local advertising from creativity to affectivity!” said Chrishantha Jayasinghe popularly known as “cj” the Managing Director of Sarva Integrated. “Today Sarva is a full service agency with a team of over 50 experienced and highly motivated people who are passionate about creating work that works for their clients” he said.

Sarva’s client portfolio is a testament to the fact that the Marketing Community whole heartedly agrees to the business proposition which they had to offer.

“We have always been renowned for the work we created for our long established clients who were Lanka Bell, Dimo and Caltex” said Account Group Head of Sarva Integrated and a pioneer member of the Sarva team Suresh Jayaweera.

“But as the economic and competitive environment got more fierce we saw a whole lot of new clients coming in wanting the Sarva effectiveness on their brands. Our new business acquisitions include Hero Honda, Phoenix Plastics and most recently Hutch for whom we broke the highly talked about “tik tik” per second campaign”. In addition to the clients mentioned above Sarva Integrated also works on brands such as CIMA, Pan Asia Bank and Kotmale.

When most agencies have been cutting down costs Sarva Integrated has been focusing on strengthening their offering as well as consolidating their position as an effective communication partner.

“Not only did we add an additional 5000 square feet of brand new office space we also brought in more senior hands on board expanding our bandwidth to handle the increased need for more effective work from the business sector” said Chairman of Sarva Integrated Kenneth Honter.

“It’s unbelievable to imagine that Sarva Integrated is four years old today. It seems like this lively dynamic little agency has always been a part of our industry.

Their recent foray into the world of ad education with the inauguration of SPAACS was well received by agencies and marketers alike” said the President of the 4A’s Laila Gunesekere Martenstyn.

Ranmali receives Tefe certification

Harshini Perera

Ranmali Gunawardana, the first Sri Lankan to receive the Tefe certificate for beauty culture and hair dressing at the Tefe College of Australia, became the agent eligible to issue the Tefe certificate in Sri Lanka.

Salon Ranmali with the Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training began awarding N.V.Q certified diploma in beauty culture and hair dressing under the institute of Tefe SL.

New Debug branch in Peliyagoda

Debug Group of Companies opened a new branch in Peliyagoda recently, making the total to ten branches. This modern branch located Pattiya Junction, Kandy Road, Kelaniya is fully equipped with EPSON products, MGE and DCP ups systems, D-Link network products and HP Servers etc.

The other branches are located in Anuradhapura, Kandy, Kurunegala, Liberty Plaza, Matara, Negombo, Ratnapura, Bandarawela and Head office.