Seylan Bank ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draws 5th millionaire winner from Nugegoda

•  Laptop luck for Bogawantalawa  tea plucker

N.S.J. Arachchi of the Nugegoda Branch recently emerged the winner of the Rupees Million prize in Seylan Bank’s fifth ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw. The fifth batch of winners received their awards from Seylan Bank Chairman Mohan Pieris PC, Executive Director R. Nadarajah and General Manager / CEO Kapila Ariyaratne at Seylan Bank’s Head Office in Kollupitiya.

Some of the winners and their representatives with Seylan Bank Chairman Mohan Pieris PC, General Manager CEO Kapila Ariyaratne and Executive Director R. Nadarajah

They were  N.S.J. Arachchi (Nugegoda Branch),G.S. Perera (Maharagama),  P.S. Pathirana (Kuliyapitiya Branch), N.P. Chandrani (Kottawa Branch), W.M.J. Weerasinghe (Welimada Branch), E.M. Dayani (Anuradhapura Branch),  Mohideen Jayajothy (Bogawanthalawa Branch),  D.P.M. Samarasinghe (Kiribathgoda Branch), M. Visvanathan (Batticaloa Branch) and R.K. Ranaweera (Kalubowila Branch).

 Mohideen Jayajothy of Bogawantalawa has been a tea plucker for 40 of her 57 years. Over the years, Information technology seemed to have by passed this resilient mother of three until one day the Manager of Seyan Bank’s Bogawantalawa Branch informed her that she had won a lap top in the fifth ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw. “I never expected to win any gifts from my fifteen year old savings account, leave alone a lap top. I am very happy and am gifting it to my elder son Yohanathan (30) who is a teacher in Muloya in the Nuwara Eliya district. I’m sure it will help him with his work”, she says with the love a mother has for her children.

She had a special word of praise for the staff at Seylan Bank’s Bogawantalawa Branch. “This was one of the first banks to open in our area. Normally workers in our area are a bit scared to go to banks. However the staff here come to us, they speak our language and make us feel comfortable. We are thankful to them for this wonderful and human service.”

Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ had its  grand launch in October last year and has since then awarded 13,100 (2620 x 05 months) winners from all parts of Sri Lanka. 

These lucky customers have won from a wide range of attractive prizes such as monthly Rs. 1m, motor bikes, LCD TVs, refrigerators, home entertainment systems, sofa sets, laptops, fully automatic washing machines, four-burner gas cookers and gold sovereigns each month.

Ever since its launch eight months ago, ‘Seylan Thagi Pita Thagi’ infused fresh life into the excitement of modern banking and, is today, one of the most unique prize schemes offered by any Bank. In addition, it is linked to eight of Seylan’s banks products thereby affording customers even more chances of winning. 

They are ‘Seylan Sure’ (personal savings and current accounts), ‘Tikiri Plus’ (minor savings accounts), ‘Fixed Deposits’, ‘NRFC’ (savings and fixed deposits), ‘Cool Cash’ (youth accounts), ‘Pawning’, ‘Credit Cards’ and ‘Debit Cards’, most of which have their own inbuilt rewards and benefit schemes. ‘Seylan Thagi Pita Thagi’ also takes rewards to a different level and offers gifts over and above the customary gifts on offer. It also has 20 guaranteed monthly consolation winners, branch wise, in addition to the other lucky monthly winners, thus totalling 2620 winners per month. The overall winner of the grand draw at the end of the six-month promotion will walk away with a super luxury house worth Rs. 15 Million.

Seylan Bank’s General Manager CEO Kapila Ariyaratne said, “The excitement is increasing as we’re nearing the grand draw. There’s great anticipation among millions of customers, as reported by our 137 strong branch network. We’re sincerely happy that we have been able to bring about a change of this nature in the lives of all our diverse customers. 

Yes Seylan Bank is conscious of the national role it plays across the geographical divide and thus touching the lives of a larger number of people.  As the legendary Bank with a Heart, we at Seylan Bank feel strongly about the dedication with which we serve our millions of customers across the country.”