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Opening of Deniyaya new branch premises (from left): PLC CEO/General Manager D.P. Kumarage and Andaaradeniya Group Chairman W. Jinadasa
PLC management team with Deniyaya branch staff
People’s Leasing & Finance PLC re-positioned its Deniyaya branch to a more spacious location at 150, Akuressa Road, Deniyaya in a bid to provide enhanced financial services to people in the area.
The occasion was graced by PLC CEO/General Manager D.P. Kumarage. Also participating at the occasion were People’s Bank Matara Regional Manager Anura Laksman, Andaaradeniya Group Chairman W. Jinadasa, People’s Leasing Asst. General Manager Damith Malavithanthila, PLC Senior Manager Hasantha De Silva and a host of PLC customers.
PLC CEO/General Manager Kumarage said at the opening ceremony that PLC with the payoff line ‘People’s Friendly Leasing’ is the leading leasing company in Sri Lanka.
“The object of relocating of this PLC branch at Deniyaya was to provide opportunity for people around Deniyaya to benefit from customer friendly and hassle free convenience leasing services provides by PLC. Ours is a one-stop-shop. Hence I humbly invite people around Deniyaya to step into this a more spacious new branch to obtain all financial services pertaining to leasing and finance in a minimum possible time without any hassle. And also I wish their businesses to flourish and personal lives to brighten up by association with newly located Deniyaya branch.”
People’s Leasing Company was commissioned in 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the biggest state bank in Sri Lanka, the People’s Bank. PLC has retained the market leader position for 14 consecutive years in the non bank finance sector.
In recognition of the quality credit and other high level motivations of the company, Fitch Rating Lanka has assigned PLC a credit rating of AA-(lka) which makes PLC the highest rated finance company. PLC is the only Sri Lankan finance company to have two international ratings. It has also been recognised as one of Asia’s Most Promising Brands 2012/13 by ibrands 360 – World Consulting & Research Corporation. Furthermore, LMD/Nielsen has recognised PLC as the most respected non-bank financial institute in Sri Lanka. PLC has been awarded the ‘Financial Service Provided of the Year’ for the fourth consecutive year at the SLIM Nielsen People’s Awards 2016.
PLC’s special financial services products include; leasing, fixed deposits, saving accounts, personal and business loans, margin trading, factoring and Islamic financial services. Its five subsidiaries are; People’s Insurance PLC, People’s Microfinance Ltd., People’s Leasing Property Development Ltd., People’s Leasing Fleet Management Ltd. and People’s Leasing Havelock Properties Ltd.
The uniqueness of PLC is its strength and the ability to provide diverse financial services under one roof to its customers, thus enabling the customers to obtain convenience services on easy terms.
