Commercial Bank unveils new look corporate website

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon unveiled a revamped corporate website to enhance the experience of visitors as well as on-line customers.

Combining rich content and modern design, the re-designed website enables even easier navigation than before, and offers a range of improved features.

The new website which can be accessed via the site's original address www.combank.lk was formally re-launched by Jegan Durairatnam, Director/COO of Commercial Bank. Among the improved features of the website are the 'Search' function that enables users to find information on the website through keywords or phrases; a facility to download application forms related to loans, account opening, deposits and similar requirements; 'loan calculators' related to specific products and details on interest rates for deposits and loans.

The site also offers news blogs, foreign exchange rates, an easy to find locator for Commercial Bank's Holiday Banking centers and 365-day Banking centers, branches that offer extended banking hours and Supermarket banking centers.

"The re-design of the site was based on research findings which helped us to identify the most visited areas and pages of the site," said Hasrath Munasinghe, the Bank's Deputy General Manager Marketing.

"We have made them more accessible by positioning them on the main page and on other specific pages.

We have also studied the viewing patterns and visitor profiles and benchmarked the new site against the most technologically advanced international websites." The site also provides access to Commercial Bank's sophisticated online banking facility.

It is the most popular bank web site in Sri Lanka, averaging over 600,000 searches annually from Google Search according to Google statistics.

About 75% of the visitors are from Sri Lanka while the others are from countries such as Australia, the UK, USA and UAE.