HNB joins SLT-MOBITEL in enhancing e-commerce capabilities for SMEs

Connecting local SMEs to new e-commerce markets and buyers, Sri Lanka’s most digitally innovative bank HNB PLC partnered with SLT-MOBITEL to offer SMEs free access to the new online trading platform Cochchi.lk.
The partnership between the two industry giants will provide HNB SMEs additional benefits when onboarding to the new e-commerce platform. HNB Deputy general Manager Retail and SME Banking Sanjay Wijemanne, HNB Assistant General Manager SME Kailaivasan Indravasan, HNB Head of SME Products and Partnerships Niluka Amarasinghe, SLT Chief Information and Digital Officer Tilak Gamlath, SLT General Manager Digital Transformation Projects Ishari Siriwardane, SLT Deputy General Manager Digital Projects Dinesh Perera and SLT Senior Manager Marketing SME Product Development Lalwin De Zoysa were present at a special ceremony held to commemorate the partnership.  The partnership will offer HNB customers various benefits such as free advertising space, exclusion from initiation and subscription fees and the ability to purchase extra value-added services. Moreover, the platform will provide customers with a wide variety of products spanning over 500 categories, including a separate Made in Sri Lanka category for locally manufactured products. The proposed e-commerce platform will be hosted in Data Centre of SLT-MOBITEL in a cloud environment. Furthermore, the platform will enable SME and enterprise customers to create their online stores and e-shops while offering the users (end customers and storeowners), a flexible, feature-rich e-commerce platform that addresses a wide range of e-business needs.

HNB Deputy General Manager Retail and SME Banking Sanjay Wijemanne (fifth from right) exchanges MoU with SLT Chief Information and Digital Officer Tilak Gamalath (fourth from right) in the presence of (from left) HNB Undergraduate Trainee Yashodhi Hanwella, HNB Head of Refinance Schemes and Special Lending Products Bandara Rekogama, HNB Head of Cards Gauthami Niranjan, HNB Head of Microfinance Vinod Fernando, HNB Head of SME Products and Partnerships Niluka Amarasinghe, HNB Assistant General Manager Digital Business Chammika Weerasinghe, HNB Assistant General Manager SME  K. Indravasan, SLT General Manager Digital Transformation Projects Ishari Siriwardane, SLT Senior Manager Marketing Lalwin De Zoysa and SLT Deputy General Manager Digital Projects Dinesh Perera