Bank of Ceylon Melsiripura moves to its own building

The Bank of Ceylon Melsiripura moved to its own building recently at its new location on Dambulla Road, Melsiripura. The new spacious building is designed to add more convenience to customers of the area. 

The opening ceremony was attended by Chairman Kanchana Ratwatte as the Chief Guest and General Manager D.P.K. Gunasekera as the Guest of Honour. Members of the bank’s corporate and executive management also attended the event. 

Ibbagamuwa Divisional Secretary D.P.S. Kumara, Ibbagamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Ajith WIckramasinghe, BOC Western Province North Operations Managers and all other province staff were also present on the occasion. 

The BOC Melsiripura Branch Manager together with staff members officiated the event and customers and well-wishers of the branch too attended. Several bank transactions including the new branch’s initial cash deposit and several Divi Udana loans were disbursed among respective customers on this day at the ceremony. 

The Melsiripura branch is upgraded with novel digital banking technology to customers in the area. It will offer a wide array of banking services to its customers such as current and local or foreign currency savings/Fixed Deposit accounts, children’s and senior citizen’s savings accounts and saving plans, housing and personal loans, special loans schemes such as Divi Udana loan schemes that comprises 22 loan schemes for SME and micro entrepreneurs beginning with the lowest rate of 4% (granted for agriculture, tourism, exports, tea, apparel, IT, logistics and spices cultivation), education loans, leasing and pawning facilities. Customers can also avail themselves of debit or credit cards, micro and SME financing facilities and international money transfer/remittances services. 

The branch is connected to the rest of the 646 branches through a centralised network thus allowing customers to transact real-time with any of the branches in the network spread across the country. The 24 hour self-serving ATM/CDM at the branch gives customers the freedom to transact at their convenience anytime of the day. The bank invites all residents of the area to experience superior banking services at this branch.   

Bringing in the digital aspect of banking to every nook and corner in the country Bank of Ceylon has strategically spread its technology to all its branches. Especially during COVID-19 spread, where special precautions are necessary, BOC wishes to remind all its valued customers to get on aboard with the cashless digital transaction modes. Therefore Bank of Ceylon is keen on digitally empowering customers through digital platforms. 

Along with the bank’s traditional brick and mortar operation centre, the branch network, BOC’s digital platforms such as smart online banking and B-APP mobile banking assists customers to conduct daily banking transactions with convenience. Apart from those two to conduct regular transactions, BOC’s mobile applications such as QR Scan payment system SmartPay and SmartPassbook have convinced customers to carry out transactions confidently through digital channels.

Built as a customer initiated SmartPay payment method, customers can enjoy the convenience of cardless and cashless payments for their day-to-day necessities. It will be an ideal choice for today’s customer who seeks convenience, simplicity and speed as key factors in their payment experience. 

SmartPassbook has become popular for its simplicity to get instant updates and check account balances immediately without having to log-in through a password. With value added convenient banking, customers of the bank are empowered to manage their life more meaningfully by saving time and money.