HNB PLC. won resounding acclaim at the recently concluded Asian Banker Transaction Banking Awards 2018, held in Beijing, China.
HNB won three country awards, including Best Cash Management Bank, Best Payment Bank and Best Foreign Exchange Bank in Sri Lanka, further consolidating its leadership position within the domestic banking industry.
HNB DGM - Corporate Banking, Ruwan Manatunga commented that “All three of the categories which HNB dominated at this year’s awards are businesses where the bank has excelled in providing its customers solutions that are best in the market and which have raised the service standard of the industry.
This has been accomplished through concerted investments into cutting edge technologies aimed at ensuring the bank’s product depth and service offering are world class.” He further emphasized that “the bank is extremely proud of its skilled and dedicated teams, whose passion and hard-work to outperform the market enabled the bank to excel at this award ceremony. He concluded by stating that the Bank will further invest in these businesses in the years to come to support its customers in providing best in class banking solutions”.
HNB AGM - Treasury and Markets, Arjuna Abeygunasekara stated that “The depth of our liquidity, the strength of our balance sheet and our commitment to investment in technology has enabled HNB Treasury services to deliver value across pricing, execution, post-trade services and client service. Over the past year in particular, we have significantly increased connectivity and real-time processing capabilities which has enabled the bank to rapidly expand its client base and market share by leveraging on new products and services that are aimed at providing utmost value to our customers.” Four representatives from HNB were in China at Asian Banker Transaction Banking Awards 2018 namely, HNB Assistant General Manager – Treasury and Markets, Arjuna Abeygunasekara, Chief Manager – Corporate Banking, Vijaya Vidyasagara, Relationship Manager – Corporate Banking, Winston Joseph and Solutions Manager – Payments & Cash Management Ramesh Gunawardena.