National Business Excellence Award in Banking Sector | SDB bank

The 2019 edition of the National Business Excellence Awards, organized each year by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL), involved a high-profile ceremony graced by the Chief Guest HE Robina P Marks, South African High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, and a host of other important invitees, where SDB bank was awarded a merit award within the Banking Sector.

The year 2019 has been a seminal one for SDB bank, with their incorporation of digital streams in serving their rural, urban and commercial clients across the country. The Bank has fully embraced digital paths through the introduction of SDB bank’s Corporate Internet Banking facility, the SDB Mobile App, its relaunch of a mobile responsive website and a vertical VISA debit card, as well as the exciting addition of the UPay Payment app to its fold in offering a unique set of payment solutions to its customer and merchant base.

SDB bank has also received numerous awards and recognitions in the year 2019 for several of these initiatives, including UPay securing the 2nd Runner-up Award in the Best Client Delivery Innovation category at the SLASSCOM Innovation Awards 2019. Further, SDB bank received 3 separate awards at the Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2019 for the Financial Inclusion Initiative of the year, the Advertising Campaign of the year, as well as Rural/Cooperative Bank of the year.

Along with its network of 94 branches islandwide, the bank’s firm digital presence has allowed it to strengthen its reach and serve an even larger population while parallelly uplifting the economy. The bank finishes the year on a high with its significantly strengthened digital presence as well as the numerous awards and recognitions the bank has received in 2019, including the recent National Business Excellence Award.

CEO Thilak Piyadigama receives award on behalf of SDB bank at the National Business Excellence Awards 2019

SDB bank's Corporate Management Team at the National Business Excellence Awards 2019