DFCC Bank launches Affinity Credit Card for St. Anthony’s College, Kandy OBA

From left: Nilmini Gunaratne - Vice President Marketing & Sustainability  DFCC Bank, Shanaka Silva  - Assistant Vice President/Branch Manager Kandy  DFCC Bank, Terrance Etugala -  Vice President  Regional Manager  DFCC Bank, Duminda Silva - Vice President Retail Asset & Liability Sales DFCC Bank, Aasiri Iddamalgoda - Senior Vice President Head of Retail Banking & SME  DFCC Bank, Thimal  Perera - Director / Chief Executive Officer DFCC Bank, Mark Stephen - President St. Anthony’s College Kandy Old Boys Association, Rohan Wijesinghe -  President St. Anthony’s College Kandy Old Boys Association Colombo Branch, Rohan Pallewatta - Executive Chairman at Lanka Harness Co. (Pvt) Ltd, Sithumina Jayasundara - Chief Executive Officer at HNB General Insurance Company and Denver Lewis - Vice President/Head of Card Centre 

DFCC Bank recently entered into a partnership with the St. Anthony’s College, Kandy Old Boys Association (OBA), to provide its members with an exclusive DFCC Bank - St. Anthony’s College, Kandy OBA Visa Affinity Credit Card. 

The bank will contribute to the OBA a percentage of each cardholder’s spend and a percentage of the annual fee. The specifically designed card is DFCC form of ensuring the OBA continues financially supporting their alma mater in developing education. It is a card with exclusive benefits. 

Commenting on the launch of the new Affinity Card, Mark Stephan, President of Old Boys Association- St. Anthony’s College said, “The St. Anthony’s College Kandy Old Boys’ Association, or SACKOBA, is one of the oldest organisations in South Asia. The alums range from presidents, ministers, politicians, academics, international sportspeople, and entrepreneurs with multibillion-dollar business conglomerates. 

Highlighting the signing with DFCC, the President of SACKOBA, Mark Stephan mentioned, “We are pleased to partner with DFCC Bank on an Affinity Card and we plan to offer this opportunity to all of our members with various benefits in partnership with DFCC Bank and business entities owned by our alumni in the future.”