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Moneygram Inc., the leading global money transfer provider, conducted a special promotion targeting the senders and receivers of remittances through Moneygram titled ‘Receive and Win’ to coincide with the ICC T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament in Sri Lanka.
The promotion saw 27 lucky recipients who received their remittances through Moneygram at HNB customer centres winning exciting prizes. The prizes on offer included Micro Panda cars, LCD TVs and high end mobile phones. The two grand prizes of Micro Panda cars were won by H.M.G.D Senarathna and Uthuma Lebbe Naleem who received their Moneygram remittances through HNB Customer Centres in Ja-Ela and Akkaraipattu.
Hatton National Bank is a super agent for Moneygram Inc. and is in the forefront of promoting remittances to Sri Lanka through formal and regulated channels. The bank has provided legitimate channels in bringing home earnings of Sri Lankans employed overseas, as well as Sri Lankans now domiciled overseas, who remit to their kith and kin in the island through the 244-strong HNB Customer Centre network which is a very extensive network for a Moneygram agent bank in Sri Lanka, explained Kalum Wijesooriya Chief Manager – Remittances at HNB.
Wijesooriya, speaking at the prize presentation ceremony, stated that HNB considers inward remittances as a very important segment in the total retail operation of the bank and is extremely satisfied with the professionalism and the business model of Moneygram Inc.Moneygram is a leading global money transfer company that enables customers who are not fully served by traditional financial institutions to meet their financial needs. Moneygram offers money transfer services worldwide and bill payment services in the United States and Canada through a global network of more than 293,000 agent locations including retailers, international post offices and financial institutions in 197 countries and territories around the world.
