Seylan Bank receives Special Recognition Award from Wells Fargo Bank

Standing (from left): Seylan Bank Chief Manager - International Dilan Wijegoonawardena, Deputy General Manager - Treasury Shanaka Perera, Chief Manager - International Financial Services Ashger Ali; Wells Fargo Bank Vice President – FIG Payment Services, South Asia Rajaraman Subramaniam; Seylan Bank Director/Chief Executive Officer Kapila Ariyaratne, Deputy General Manager – Operations Malik Wickramanayake, Manager – Correspondent Banking Amanie Nanayakkara 

Seylan Bank PLC was accorded a ‘Special Recognition Award’ by its USD correspondent Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., for the year 2018/2019. The accolade was awarded for Seylan Bank’s operational excellence and efficiency in the global payment community consisting of Trade and Remittances. 

As per Wells Fargo, Seylan Bank is the only local bank in Sri Lanka to receive this award. This achievement is even more significant as the bank has received the award for the third successive year. 

Wells Fargo is the ‘Most Valuable Banking Brand in North America for Retail Banking’ (2017) and ‘Third-Most Valuable Financial Services Brand in the World’ (2017) as recognised by Brand Finance and Forbes, respectively. 

It has also been recognised as the Distinguished Provider for USD Global Transaction Services six years in a row, and also the number one bank in ‘Overall Institutional Satisfaction’ among Global Financial Institutions (2018), rated by FImetrix Global Stats. Wells Fargo Bank Vice President – FIG Payment Services, South Asia Rajaraman Subramaniam presented the accolade, which was accepted by Seylan Bank Director/CEO Kapila Ariyaratne at a ceremony held recently.