Amãna Bank opens self-banking centre at Punanai ICST University Park

Official opening of self-banking centre at ICST University Park in Punanai 

• Signs MoU to offer affordable education financing for students

Amãna Bank opened its 30th self-banking centre at the recently inaugurated International Campus of Science & Technology (ICST) University Park located in Punanai, Batticaloa.

The inauguration took place under the patronage of the bank’s Managing Director/CEO Mohamed Azmeer, Chief Risk Officer M.M.S. Quvylidh, Vice President Retail Banking and Marketing Siddeeque Akbar along with the participation of the founder of the university, Dr. M.L.A.M Hizbullah, Chairman Eng. M.H.A. Hiras, Vice Chancellor Prof. Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera, campus administration, academic staff, students, local authorities and other key stakeholders from the region.

Providing convenient access to the university students and academia, the self-banking centre facilitates 24/7 access for cash withdrawals, cash deposits and bill payments. 

During the opening, the bank also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the university to offer education financing solutions, where students can easily avail the bank’s people friendly and affordable financing to pursue a wide variety of higher education courses, including diploma, degree and postgraduate programmes. 

Azmeer said, “We are honoured to have established a self-banking centre on this state-of-the-art university premises, thereby providing convenient financial access to university students and people of the locality as the university is centrally located serving the people from the Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts.”