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ComBank rewards MoneyGram recipients

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently conducted ‘MoneyGram Customer Weeks’ at its branches in the Jaffna Peninsula, Colombo North and Vavuniya to reward MoneyGram recipients.

Accordingly, all customers who received MoneyGram remittances during the promotion period were presented with special gift packs.

The Commercial Bank signed up with MoneyGram, the global funds transfer company in 2007 to further enhance the bank’s market share in the remittance business and to expand its presence to the other parts of the world, especially North America and Western Europe.

Commercial Bank offers remitters the ability to transfer funds quickly from over 180,000 locations in 190 countries and for payments in Sri Lanka to be collected at any of its 181 branches. An important benefit of collecting payment through Commercial Bank would be that these funds can be collected even on holidays.

HNB at Kandy City Centre

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) opened the 190th Customer Centre at the new Kandy City Centre (KCC) recently. The customer centre is located at Shop No. L1-16 on Level One at the Kandy City Centre. This is the second HNB customer centre in the Kandy town. The Kandy City Centre (KCC) is poised to become a popular shopping mall in the Central Region and is situated at the heart of the Kandy city with easy access from any part of the town.

The new HNB Customer Centre at KCC will provide extended banking hours on seven days of the week from 10 AM to 6 PM. The new Customer Centre was opened by HNB Human Resources and Administration Deputy General Manager, J R P M Paiva.

Union Pasalen Karaliyata Season 3 now on

Union Assurance recently launched an all-island aesthetic competition and cultural show named Pasalen Karaliyata, comprising folk dancing, singing and art competitions held in collaboration with the Education Ministry for the third year. This initiative was designed to identify and recognize the innate talents of gifted schoolchildren around the country and foster the development of local dance and music.

The Pasalen Karaliyata cultural show will be conducted in the North and the East for the first time this year.

Over 50,000 children from over 19 districts have participated in the competitions over the years. The theme for this year’s Pasalen Karaliyata is Yahapath Purawesiyek bihi kireeme Jathika Mehewara and building a respectful citizen is the objective of the program.

Each year the program concludes with a national cultural show attended by top officials from the Education Ministry and senior management from Union Assurance.

The award distribution also takes place simultaneously.

The Pasalen Karaliyata program came with rewards for the winners and the schools they attend. The first, second and third place winners received awards for their achievements and their school were also awarded.

LB Finance contracts Cenmetrix Systems

Implementing fingerprint time recorders:

LB Finance PLC contracted Cenmetrix Systems to implement fingerprint time recorders for their company.

Fingerprint technology is an evolving worldwide phenomenon, helping organizations streamline their processes and efficiently reduce the operational work load.uprema fingerprint scanners were installed by Cenmetrix for time attendance purposes at LB Finance head office in Colombo 07 and Kandy Branch. ”We are very happy with the finger scanner product and service delivered by Cenmetrix. With the successful implementation of this system at our head office, we are now looking at the possibilities of implementing fingerprint technology to all our other branches”, LB Finance IT Manager PLC Sathira Wetthasingha.

Cenmetrix Systems is an IT systems integrations provider operating in Sri Lanka, specializing in time and attendance solutions, security access control systems, and RFID asset tracking solutions. Cenmetrix’s local portfolio includes solutions to several other leading companies such as The National Water Supply Board, Rocell, No-Limit, Virtusa, Prima Group, United Motors, Ceylon Petroleum Storage, Lanka Tiles, AMW, Sri Lanka Telecom, and Colombo Stock Exchange.

Bartleet Finance opens in Batticaloa

The Government is committed to uplifting the North and the East and has already paved the way for many banks and financial institutions to set up branches in the region. “With our presence in both provinces, Bartleet Finance is now geared to provide assistance to the people in those regions and uplift their living standards”, said Bartleet Group Chairman Eraj Wijesinghe at the opening of the Batticaloa branch recently.

Bartleet Finance entered the North-Eastern part of the country with the opening of its branch in Vavuniya, followed by another in Jaffna.

The opening of the Batticaloa branch reaffirms Bartleet Finance’s commitment to making significant inroads into the Northern and Easern parts of the country, which present immense potential or growth, said Bartleet Group Director S Raghavan.

Elephant House:

Satisfying Sri Lankans for generations

Indunil Hewage

Elephant House, long-standing brand in the ice cream market in Sri Lanka is committed to be vibrant and more relevant to the new generation while being methodical and professional.

John Keells Holdings PLC, Consumer Foods Group President, Jitendra R. Gunaratne said the company’s main objective is to satisfy Sri Lankan consumers.

Elephant House exports ice cream to the Maldives and has been recognized as the best foreign ice cream supplier to the Maldivian market . Some of the company’s soft drinks are being exported to Europe and India, he said.

“We have sufficient capacity in Sri Lanka and the company has already invested massively. We will be introducing new products in the future. There is good competition in the ice cream industry in Sri Lanka and Elephant House as a long-standing brand in the industry is ready to face this competition successfully” he said

AVIVA NDB Wealth Planners win worldwide Insurance Quality Award

Nine AVIVA NDB Wealth Planners have qualified for the globally recognized International Quality Award (IQA) from LIMRA, USA. The award shows that the winners have successfully assured prosperity and peace of mind and earned the trust and confidence of their customers.

IQA, established to promote quality selling in the Life insurance profession worldwide is one of the most prestigious awards in the industry. The annual award honours insurance sales professionals for achieving outstanding persistency combined with high performance.

IQA is awarded by LIMRA which provides research, consulting, assessment, development, compliance and regulatory services to its worldwide membership of 850 companies in over 70 countries sharing insights and best practices across the globe.

Midea CFL awarded SLS certification

What began as a successful venture for Midea Group, China a year ago in unison with Katspree Holdings, Sri Lanka has now reached an all-time high.

Just a year after its launch the Chinese company has been awarded the star rating and the SLS Certification for their introduction of Midea CFL bulbs into the local market.

Katspree Holdings which evolved as a result of a merger between experienced lighting sales professionals and their commitment to provide the local market with a quality product.

Katspree Holdings Managing Director Tyrone Smith said their success in the lighting industry is yet another ‘feather in their cap’ and we at Katspree share their joy in this moment. We have an obligatory commitment towards society and accept responsibility at all times as our primary emphasis is customer satisfaction.

The guest of honour Dr L N Senaweera said, it is a momentous achievement by Katspree Holdings and Midea Group in staking a claim for being the best in terms of both production and distribution of fluorescent lamps to the local market.

LIFT celebrates tenth anniversary

The Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology (Pvt) Ltd. (LIFT) will celebrate its tenth anniversary and Graduation Fashion Show at Hilton-Colombo on July 29.

This day will be fashioned by many fashion professionals who will gather from around the world, to mark the institute’s tenth successful year. LIFT was formed in the year 2000 and has been the first and foremost fashion education institute in Sri Lanka.

Its values and unique culture, which encourages young individuals to be professionally qualified in fashion designing, has made numerous contributions to the society and the fashion industry throughout this ten years.