Commercial Bank ATMs now at 12 railway stations
Thousands of rail commuters now have 24-hour access to Sri Lanka's
largest automated cash dispensing facility, following the installation
of Commercial Bank ATMs at a dozen railway stations. The Bank has to
date installed two ATMs at the Fort Railway station and one apiece at
Maradana, Ragama, Veyangoda, Gampaha, Kandy, Ganemulla, Kandana,
Mirigama, Moratuwa, Panadura and Polgahawela. Over 250,000 commuters
pass through these stations daily and the majority travel to work in the
city. "These offsite ATMs are widely used by commuters who do not have
time to get to a branch ATM, and represent a significant enhancement of
convenience to our customers," said Palitha Perera, Commercial Bank's
Assistant General Manager, Operations.
He said Commercial Bank plans to install several more ATMs at busy
railway stations in 2013, extending access to a wider customer segment.
In December last year, Commercial Bank's ATM network country-wide
dispensed a mammoth Rs 25.3 billion, establishing an all-time high for
cash dispensed in a single month. The network processed a record 5.57
million transactions between 1st and 31st December, and issued more than
a billion rupees in a day five times during the month. These figures
underline the robustness, capacity and reliability of the Commercial
Bank's ATM network.
Holders of Commercial Bank's standard ATM cum Shopping Debit Cards
can withdraw up to Rs 40,000 from the Bank's ATMs per withdrawal. The
Bank also offers customers the option of setting their own ATM
withdrawal limits up to Rs 100,000 a day, and a point-of-sale limit of
up to Rs 500,000. Besides railway stations, Commercial Bank has
installed offsite ATMs at bus terminals, shopping malls, large factories
and at the Katunayake Export Processing Zone. The Bank has also
installed an ATM machine at the Canovin Arcade on the Southern
Expressway to further improve public access to its ATM network.
The Bank is also a pioneer in introducing the holiday banking concept
to the country, another channel that allows customers to do their
banking outside normal banking hours. The Bank now has more than 60
holiday banking centres which benefit thousands of customers around the
country.
Commercial Bank is the only Sri Lankan Bank to be listed two years
consecutively in the world's Top 1000 Banks. The Bank has been adjudged
'Best Bank in Sri Lanka' for 14 consecutive years by 'Global Finance'
Magazine, and has won multiple awards as the country's Best Bank from
'The Banker,' 'FinanceAsia,' 'Euromoney' and 'Trade Finance' magazines. |