For customer convenience :
HNB, Sampath Bank to share ATM network
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Sampath Bank Managing Director Harris Premaratne exchanging the
agreement with Hatton National Bank Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer Rajendra Theagarajah.
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Sampath Bank and Hatton National Bank, two of Sri Lanka’s leading
banks, have joined hands in order to give customers the opportunity to
withdraw from over 1400 ATMs throughout the island. HNB became the
latest bank to join the existing Sampath Bank powered inter bank ATM
network when the two banks signed an agreement in this regard recently.
The islandwide ATM network managed by Sampath Bank will now include all
365 HNB ATMs along with those of BOC, Union Bank, DFCC Vardhana, Pan
Asia Bank, NSB, HDFC and NDB Bank.
Customers of HNB will benefit from this venture as they will have
access to their bank accounts 24 hours a day throughout all parts of the
country through this network, making transactions ever more convenient.
Sampath Bank introduced the concept of ATMs to Sri Lanka in 1987,
revolutionizing the country’s banking industry. Subsequently, Sampath
Bank was responsible for pioneering the ATM Network Sharing concept,
substantiating a huge saving for customers in the form of fees paid to
foreign financial institutions for ATM usage.
Now customers of banks within the network can withdraw money from all
partner ATMs at a very low service charge. Sampath Bank will continue to
expand its network through partnerships with other financial
institutions and give customers more opportunities in order to live up
to its promise: ‘we create time for you’.
HNB has been an integral part of the Sri Lankan financial industry
since its inception as Hatton Bank in 1888 in Hatton.
The bank has a strong commitment to provide superior banking services
to its customers while contributing to economic growth in the country.
This resourceful alliance among two of the country’s banking giants
will pave the way for both banking institutions to deliver better
service, greater convenience and more flexibility to their customer
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