George Steuart Finance opens for biz at Kandy City Centre

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Rapidly expanding George Steuart Finance opens its 7 branch, this time in the historic city of Senkadagalapura, through which the company would promote effective financial solutions.

Senior Minister for International Monetary Co-operation and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Sarath Amunugama cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of George Steuart Finance branch at Kandy City Centre

George Steuart Finance is located at the Kandy City Centre, No 05, Dalada Veediya, Kandy.

The branch was declared open by Senior Minister for International Monetary Co-operation and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning Dr. Sarath Amunugama, and Special invitees Member of Parliament Dilum Amunugama, Property Finance and Investments Chairman Thusitha Wijesena, George Steuart Finance Chairman Prof. Arjuna De Silva and Board of Directors of George Steuart Fianance along with their management, staff, customers and well-wishers.

Speaking at the opening, George Steuart Finance Director and CEO Lakshman Uduwara said, “We are happy to set our footprint in the historic town of Senkadagalapura which is a strategic cultural Centre with its core economic activities revolving around tourism, tea plantations and agriculture.

“Our directors have been keen in reaching out to the enterprising rural youth and support them with financial assistance and managerial/technical inputs to improve their economic fortunes.

“Hence, the decision to establish in Kandy and help upliftment of economic fortunes of the Kandyan people.”

As a finance company registered with the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the company offers attractive interest rates on deposits giving customers an ideal opportunity to get the best returns whilst having the assurance that their investments are safe.

George Steuart Finance also provides fast and flexible finance leasing and hire purchase facilities, short term trade finance, cheques and bills discounting, margin trading and residential real estate development on a selective basis.

The company has been offering financial services to the public for over seven years being established as a registered leasing company in the year 2005.

The company subsequently received its finance license which also coincided with the company shifting its main office to a more spacious, convenient and multi-storied location in Kollupitiya.

Now as George Steuart Finance, a listed entity on the Colombo Stock Exchange, the company is determined to accelerate its pace of growth and promises its valued customers a quality service and financial solutions custom made to suit their divergent business needs.