71 Commercial Bank branches to be kept open on 2 May

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced it will keep 71 branches open for business on Monday 2 May, a statutory bank holiday in lieu of May Day, which falls on Sunday.

The bank said its 30 supermarket banking centres and 25 ‘365-day’ branches will work their customary hours on that day, while another 16 branches will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

These 16 branches are Wellawatte, Kollupitiya, Kotahena, Maharagama, Borella, Nugegoda, Narahenpita, Battaramulla, Panchikawatte, Union Place, Wattala, Dehiwala, Avissawella, Piliyandala and the foreign branch at Razik Fareed Mawatha and Main Street, Pettah.

The only Sri Lankan bank to be ranked among the Top 1000 banks of the world for five consecutive years, Commercial Bank operates a network of 250 branches and 625 ATMs in Sri Lanka. The bank was ranked the most valuable private sector brand in Sri Lanka in 2014 and has also won multiple awards as Sri Lanka’s best bank from a number of international publications over several years. The bank was adjudged one of Sri Lanka’s 10 best corporate citizens by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in 2013 and 2014.