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The BOC Current Account comes with a range of benefits to manage day-to-day transactions either personal or business. It facilitates the business, professional and industrial needs of current account holders. BOC customers could operate their current accounts around the clock from anywhere; anytime of the day through BOC internet banking, mobile banking and ATM network. BOC current accounts are linked with the largest branch network of 613 branches covering all parts of the country.
The bank provides several key benefits for the current account holders such as one day cheque book issuance, instant BOC cheque clearance facility from any BOC branch and clearance of cheques from any bank free-of charge. Also it allows the transfer of funds from standing orders and the payment of utility bills (water, electricity, telephone bills, etc) through the account. As a special feature customers will also receive a personalised cheque book.
The BOC Prestige Plus Professional Current Account, exclusively designed for demanding professionals and busy executives, offers a host of convenient features and benefits to suit their lifestyles. Employed or self-employed professionals (doctors, engineers, lawyers, architects, accountants, university lecturers etc.) or executives in reputed private organisations/companies or staff officers of Government or semi-Government organisations with a monthly gross income exceeding Rs. 40,000 are eligible to open Prestige Plus current accounts. A tailor-made benefit package is attached for Prestige Plus current account holders. Those account holders could obtain a BOC credit card with no joining fee with a minimum credit limit of Rs. 100,000 and a debit card that allows them to withdraw up to Rs. 100,000 per day from any BOC ATM. Current account holders can receive housing loans to build their dream homes or obtain personal loans to fulfil their personal needs and leasing facilities to purchase vehicles available to them at very attractive rates from BOC. Additionally they will receive special concessions via BOC Travels.
In addition to the above benefits a range of services are available for the current account holders. BOC facilitates weekend banking and night banking at selected branches and 365 day/24 hour banking service at head office. Current account holders could access over 500 ATMs island wide and the 24 hour call centre services.
Bank of Ceylon was awarded Asia’s Best Brand award 2013 by the Chief Marketing Officer’s Council (CMO Council) based in Mumbai, India. Brand Finance Lanka ranked Bank of Ceylon as the No.1 brand for the last five consecutive years and the bank is also ranked among the top 1000 banks in the world above all other Sri Lankan banks (country ranking is No.1) by “The Banker” magazine UK in 2013. BOC has penetrated half of the population in the country with 10 million account holders with over 1,000 customer touch points covering all parts of the country and is the only Sri Lankan bank with international presence (Chennai, Male and London). Bank of Ceylon is the only bank in Sri Lanka with an asset base of over Rs. 1.1 trillion and is the market leader in the banking and financial services industry in Sri Lanka.
