NDB appoints Union Chemists as a Sub agent
The National Development Bank PLC (NDB), recently tied up with Union
Chemists (Pte) Limited, enabling the company to provide Western Union
money transfer service to beneficiaries through their branches
island-wide. The service which will be soon implemented, would enable
customers to have access to instant cash remitted from overseas until as
late as 11pm daily at Union Chemists' stores.
Sisira A Fernando, General Manager, Union Chemist (Pte)
Ltd,Sharon Rodrigo, Director, Union Chemist (Pte) Ltd, Shalana
Rodrigo, Director, Union Chemist (Pte) Ltd, Raj Aboobucker, Vice
President and Head of SME/ Retail Banking of NDB, Kumar
Gunawardana, Assistant Vice President and Head of Remittances,
Bancassurance and New Branch Development of NDB, Channa
Tirimanna, Western Union Business Development Manager, Sri Lanka
and Maldives and Terence Jeevananth, Manager, Remittances and
Bancassurance of NDB |
NDB is a primary agent for Western Union money transfer service in
Sri Lanka and has previously appointed Regional Development Bank, Singer
(Sri Lanka) PLC and Vision Care Optical Services (Pvt) Ltd, as sub
agents in a bid to make the service more accessible for its customers.
The latest agreement with Union Chemists will enable the Bank to further
strengthen the reach of this service and generate more opportunities for
growth of the popular money transfer facility.
With a rich history of more than 160 years, Western Union is an
undisputed leader in the global money transfer industry and counts over
500,000 authorised agents in more than 200 countries worldwide. Western
Union facilitates reliable, speedy and secure electronic money
transferring to its clients, making it simple and convenient to send and
receive money across borders. As a primary agent for Western Union in
Sri Lanka, NDB has been sharing a rewarding partnership with the global
company for over five years.
Appointment of Union Chemists as a sub agent will foster greater
opportunity for the growth and propagation of the service amongst the
public.
Union Chemists (Pte) Ltd is a private sector pharmacy, synonymous
with medicine in the retail healthcare delivery system.
Having served the nation for almost a half a century, Union Chemists
are renowned for holding stock of the full complement of healthcare
related products.
With a wide range of Veterinary drugs, Orthopaedic appliances,
Surgical instruments and disposables, home care/ hospital medical
equipment, nutritional food supplements, herbal drugs, Nutraceuticals,
Blood pressure monitors, blood glucose monitors and many other cosmetic,
medical devices, Union Chemists is a one-stop shop for all
pharmaceutical needs of the customer.
It has been serving the nation via strategically located branches
which are open from 7am to 11pm providing customer easy accessibility to
their pharmaceutical needs and now even their financial needs in times
of emergency. |