SMB extends customer access

Seylan Merchant Bank (SMB) is using cyberspace to market vehicles, real estate and investment products to a new segment of customers.

The bank has linked its website www.smblk.com to the secure Internet Payment Gateway of Seylan Bank to introduce several dynamic new facilities, which are new to the sector.

Using the new facility branded 'e-smb', prospective customers can now view photographs of vehicles and land sites available for sale, along with detailed specifications and features, and reserve what they like with an on-line payment of a specified advance. They may also participate in a wide array of investment options on offer from the comfort of their homes or offices. Payments can be made with Visa credit cards or via the 'eSEYpurse' facility offered by Seylan Bank to its customers.

The Director/General Manager of Seylan Merchant Bank Rohan Senanayake said: "This new facility is targeted at families whose decision makers may be working away from home or overseas. It makes it much easier for husbands and wives to take decisions and make purchases."

Acknowledging that not all customers in this segment will have access to computers with Internet connections, SMB will provide a computer with the Internet facility at each land site so that buyers can reserve their plot of land on site by making payments through the SMB website.