Clearing Association of Bankers holds 12th AGM

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Seated from left: Asst. Secretary Asanka Surasinghe (Standard Chartered Bank), Secretary Shamitha Atapattu (LankaPay), Asst. Treasurer Suhashini Gunawardena (Commercial Bank), President Nalin Liyanage ( Sampath Bank), Immediate Past President M. Razak Deen (MCB Bank), Treasurer Rizana Ismail (Standard Chartered Bank), Vice President Upul De Silva (Peoples Bank), Social Secretary Naveen De Silva (Sampath Bank)

Standing from left: Merl Pulukuttiarachchi (Seylan Bank), Malinda Mallawarachchi (Hatton National Bank), Ashoka Senavirathne (LankaPay), Rajitha Pathirage (Union Bank), Dilhara Vithana (People’s Bank), Lakmee Kumarasinghe (Bank of Ceylon), Kavinda De Silva (National Development Bank), Nalaka Samaranaike (Amana Bank), Gamini Piyarathne (Nations Trust Bank), Keerthi Chandrarathne (Amana Bank), and Thivanka Jayasundara (Bank of Ceylon)

Prompt Express Chairman Aravinda De Silva (right) hands over the sponsorship to MCB Bank Razak Deen, Clearing Association of Bankers Immediate Past President as the Platinum Sponsor for the event. Prompt Express Director/CEO Sandra Saldin, Senior Manager Operations and Marketing Rihan Carrim, Head of Marketing V.A.S. Alles, People’s Bank Upul De Silva (Vice President), SCB Rizana Ismail (Treasurer), and Clearing Association of Bankers President Nalin Liyanage were also present

The Clearing Association of Bankers (CAB) held its 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 4 October at HNB Towers, Colombo 02.

This special event was attended by Central Bank of Sri Lanka Director – Payment and Settlement K.V.K. Alwis as the Chief Guest and LankaPay Ltd. CEO Channa De Silva as the Guest of Honour.

Amongst the other distinguished guests at the occasion were members of the corporate management and the Heads of the clearing departments of commercial banks, members of the managements of sponsor companies, and members of CAB.

Prompt Xpress was the Platinum Sponsor of the event, while the Gold Sponsors were LankaPay Ltd., Lake House Publishers and Printers, Aiken Ltd., and Silver sponsors were Bank Of Ceylon, Digiscan Secure Print Solution Ltd. and Tiqri Ltd.

The Clearing Association of Bankers was formed in 2008 with the objective of enhancing the knowledge of bankers as well as to promote goodwill, understanding and fellowship amongst those engaged in clearing.

Sampath Bank’s Nalin Liyanage was elected as the President of the CAB for 2024/2025.

The 12th AGM of the CAB was a milestone event, full of glamour and colour, providing all participants with a memorable evening.

Prompt Express was incorporated to address the vacuum in the market in providing efficient, effective and customer friendly courier service to public and private sector organisations and individuals across the island.