People’s Bank unveils newly-built Matale banking complex

People’s Bank officially unveiled its Matale regional head office and Matale branch recently. 
The newly-built four-storey building conveniently located at No.45, Raja Veediya, Matale was ceremonially declared open by Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe.
For over 63 years People’s Bank has been in the forefront to meet the banking and financial needs of the Sri Lankan public. This modern banking complex was opened with the aim of providing the most modern digital banking services to further improve the financial services offered to the people in the surrounding areas.
Through the Self Banking Unit (SBU) available on the premises customers can conveniently withdraw and deposit funds 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
At the ceremony several customers were granted proceeds of loan products including People’s Business Power, People’s Spark and People’s Green Loans. Additionally, People’s Elegance and People’s Excelsior customers were offered credit cards, while A. Dhanushika, who was a weekly winner of the People’s Remittance Vaasi Kotiyai Draw 2024, was presented with her prize of Rs.100,000.
Chief Sanganayake of Matale District of the Siam Sect of the Malwathu Chapter Most Ven. Mahalakotuwe Wimaladhamma Thera, Chief Sanganayake of Matale District of the Siam Sect of the Asgiri Chapter Most Ven. Kosgolle Seelarathana Thera, Matale District Coordination  Committee Chairman MP Nalaka Kottegoda, People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse, Chief Executive Officer/General Manager Clive Fonseka  and the members of the corporate and executive management, Central Bank Matale Regional Manager Yashini Rajapakse, People’s Bank Matale Regional Manager K. Chandrakumar as well as the bank staff members, government officials and customers attended the event.
The People’s Bank Matale branch holds special significance as the bank’s first-ever outstation branch when it was ceremonially declared open by the then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike at No.253, Trincomalee Street, Matale on August 19, 1961.