BOC commences operations for 2022

Moments captured at Bank of Ceylon’s New Year’s ceremony

Bank Chairman Kanchana Ratwatte and General Manager K.E.D. Sumanasiri ceremoniously opened SME Circle by invitation of Corporate and Offshore Banking Division DGM Priyal Silva and AGM Development Banking D.A.S.S. Wimalasiri

Bank Chairman, General Manager and DGM Product and Banking Development Y.A. Jayathilaka hand over fuel card to Hovel Holdings Director Finance Ramya Ranaweera in the presence of Electronic Banking Centre AGM Eranga Bandara, AGM Digital Product Promotion K.P. Mallika and AGM Product Development and BPRP M.T.S.A. Perera

Bank of Ceylon (BOC) wishes all its customers, stakeholders and Sri Lankans a Very Happy New Year, as it commences work for 2022-New Year. 

The main event took place at its head office in Colombo with a multi-religious ceremony to invoke blessings on the staff of the bank, all its customers and all Sri Lankans in general. 
The ceremony was held with the patronage of the bank’s Chairman Kanchana Ratwatte and General Manager K.E.D. Sumanasiri. Customers, well-wishers, members of the corporate and executive management and other bank officials also participated. Parallel to the main event, all BOC branches commenced duty after multi-religious activities with the participation of respective customers. 

In line with the New Year ceremony, the bank launched its innovative credit card – BOC Fuel Card and SME Circle, a specialised service centre that gives a full gamut of services required by micro and SME businesses. 

These novel strategic initiatives are lined up to provide a personalised and the best-in-class service for customers fulfilling their timely needs and delivering convenience and adding value to life.   

Emphasising the importance of encouraging Sri Lankan SME and micro entrepreneurs, BOC SME Circle is aimed to provide a one-stop shop for all business needs of MSMEs. Established on the first floor of the bank’s head office, BOC SME Circle will not only provide the required tailor-made financial facility but will also enable customers with the required business intelligence and networking facility. 

BOC Fuel Card
The BOC fuel top up card is designed to be a very practical and more beneficial card to customers who faced the hassle in managing their fuel expenses. The card is offered to corporate entities, fleet operators and individuals to add convenience in their daily operations. BOC fuel card will assist to manage many unseen fuel expenses that could occur. Non-BOC customers also can obtain the card. 

The card owner can top up the card account at any BOC CDM, CRM, make an online transfer or make a payment over the counter from a branch. Normal conveniences that come with cards associate with the top up card as well. BOC Fuel Card is specifically designed to be used only in fuel stations for fuel, therefore does not facilitate cash withdrawals or other type of merchant transactions. This can be used in any fuel station with the POS facility across the country and the facility comes with a nominal fuel surcharge levy.

BOC has been a trusted financial partner to clients for over 82 years and has been rated as AA- (lka) by Fitch Lanka, to be among the top 1000 banks in the world by The Banker U.K. Magazine and as the Bank of the Year 2021 - Sri Lanka by the same. BOC continued to be the No.1 Banking Brand in the country as ranked by the Brand Finance Sri Lanka.  With the time-tested vision as ‘Banker’s to the Nation’, brand BOC has delivered the best results for its true stakeholders, citizens and the Government of Sri Lanka.