Banking
People's Bank reward Year 5 Scholarship student
CEO/GM of People’s Bank, N. Vasantha Kumar presenting Anjali
Upeksha Maduwanthi, with a ‘Sisu Udana’ account |
A special ceremony was held recently, at the Head Office of People's
Bank to appreciate the achievement of Anjali Upeksha Maduwanthi, a
student of Thalathuoya Kanishta Vidyalaya who was placed first in the
Year 5 Scholarship exam.
The CEO/GM of People's Bank, N. Vasantha Kumar presented the student
with a 'Sisu Udana' account worth Rs. 100,000/- and school equipment.
Addressing the gathering, the Principal of Thalathuoya Kanishta
Vidyalaya said that the student who was living in a remote area is
compelled to walk 3kms to school.
Speaking at the ceremony, Anjali Upeksha Maduwanthi said that she was
still in the midst of deciding on her future but would work hard at
achieving her goals in life.
The occasion was graced by the Head of Marketing and Public Affairs
of People's Bank, Deepal Abeysekera, Deputy General Manager (Retail
Banking), Mrs. Renuka Jayasinghe, Principal of the Thalathuoya Kanishta
Vidyalaya, Y.M.A.G. Muthubanda, Vice Princiapl, Mrs. D.K. Danapala and
Class Teacher, Mrs. S.A.H.M. Heenmenike.
HDFC launches HDFC eBanking
HDFC Bank, a specialized housing Bank launched the online Banking
portal recently enabling customers to have access to their accounts at
any time.
This ensures fast, easy and secure access to HDFC accounts.
S. Dissanayake Acting CEO/GM of HDFC Bank logging into the
Bank’s Internet Banking portal.
AGM (IT) W.M.A Bandara, Chief Manager, HR and Administration L.
Edirisinghe, Senior Manager, IT Kasun De Silva and System
Engineer
Deepal Hatharasinghe look on. |
HDFC Bank was in the process of upgrading its services continuously
for the past period considering the evolving needs of its customers and
this was yet another milestone in the Bank's history.
With this new service there will be a significant enhancement of
convenience to the customers. HDFC invites its customers to sign up for
Personal Internet Banking and manage their money from different
locations and enjoy the services extended with this facility.
This new affiliation will provide customers 24 hour access to their
bank accounts via Bank's website www.hdfc.lk
This facilitates quick banking transactions and on-line banking
facilities such as online access to the accounts, inquiries about the
transactions, fund transfers and payments within own accounts or third
party transfers within the HDFC bank or other banks, pay loan accounts
using credit cards and utility bill payments to Mobitel, Lankabel at any
time.
As the next step the Bank has planned to introduce dispatching SMS
massages to the customers, mobile phones.
In addition to this new move HDFC Bank offers mobile banking services
to people with the palm top facility with the objective of empowering
people who are not in the main banking stream.
It also helps to make accessibility for their housing finance needs
and assists them to realize their dream of a decent home. The bank
facilitates the customers with rapid loan schemes for their housing
needs and has also introduced several savings and deposit schemes with
attractive interest rates and other benefits.
The Bank has introduced two new loan facilities recently to expand
its product portfolio. A vehicle loan could be given to any existing
housing loan customer of the bank on a re-mortgage of the property.
Apart from this, a gold loan product is a popular method of obtaining
short term funding for home repairs.
Under the HDFC Bank 'Ithurum Vimana' savings concept the bank has
introduced a range of highly competitive products.
HDFC bank has completed 29 years in the field of housing finance and
is currently in the process of implementing wider opportunities to
facilitate the housing and lifestyle needs of the masses in Sri Lanka. |