LankaClear wins awards

Sri Lanka's national payment infrastructure provider, LankaClear (Pvt) Limited was again recognised for its business excellence in the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector where it received an award for the second consecutive year at the National Business Excellence Awards ceremony in Colombo recently.

The Silver Award was received by LankaClear General Manager and CEO Sunimal Weerasooriya and DGM, IT and Operations, Harsha Wanigatunga.

The National Business Excellence Awards is hosted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka to recognise enterprises that have demonstrated business excellence while contributing positively to economic growth and development.

This is the second consecutive year that LankaClear emerged a winner at the ceremony, taking home the Gold Award under the same sector in 2013.

LankaClear is one of the leading and progressive payment infrastructure solutions providers in the Asian region and it recently launched the Common Card and Payment Switch (CCAPS) under the brand name LankaPay.

The LankaPay network has been designed to become the backbone for all future electronic transactions in the country, which will facilitate seamless connectivity coupled with online real time payments.

Chairperson, LankaClear, Mrs. Priyantha Liyanage said, "We are proud to be recognised for our commitment and contribution to the nation. We envisage an enterprising future as we empower our country with world class payment technology to take on the challenges of a prosperous new Sri Lanka."

LankaClear General Manager and CEO Sunimal Weerasooriya, said, "Through the introduction of state-of-the-art payment technology over a decade, we have always strived for excellence and this has resulted in our repeated success at the National Business Excellence Awards."