Sampath DFCC Vardhana tie-up to offer more ATM facilities

Executive Director/CEO - Sampath Bank, Harris Premaratne and Managing Director/CEO - DFCC Vardhana Bank, L. G. Perera exchanging the partnership agreement.

Nation's pioneer banking and financial services provider, Sampath Bank joined forces with DFCC Vardhana Bank, a leading and longstanding financial institution in Sri Lanka, to offer more comprehensive ATM network facilities with wider location coverage in the island for their customers.

The combined set up of DFCC-Sampath ATM network comprises over 212 ATM points spread across the island, enabling customers of both banks to access their savings and current accounts with greater ease than ever before.

This service is available 24 hours, 365 days and is real time, on-line banking facility that enhances customer convenience at a higher level. Sampath Bank plans to add another 20 ATM points under their expansion program that is in progress for year 2009.

At present Sampath Bank boasts of the largest ATM network facility of 522 access points in Sri Lanka due to previous alliances formed with other State and private banks for ATM network sharing. Sampath Bank is the leader in ATM network sharing amongst financial institutions in Sri Lanka, leading to a huge saving in foreign exchange in the form of fees payable to foreign financial institutions for ATM usage.

Sampath Bank hopes to link with several more financial institutions in the near future with the view of allowing better service and easier access to all customers, irrespective of their bank.

The bank hopes to share their technical expertise with their partners who will join forces to enhance the ATM network, thereby enhancing customer convenience for all Sampath Bank is the trendsetter in technology driven banking in Sri Lanka, having revolutionized the banking industry by introducing networked ATM facilities for the first time in 1987.