NDB wins at GBAF Awards

NDB was recently felicitated with five accolades by the Global Banking and Finance Magazine of UK 2022 for the bank’s strength and stability shown in various categories, including empowering women in business, digital transformation and leadership.

Accordingly, NDB was felicitated with awards for Best Bank for Digital Banking Services Sri Lanka 2022, Best Financial Institution for Empowering Women in Business Sri Lanka 2022, Best Renewable Energy Financing Sri Lanka 2022, Best SME Bank Sri Lanka 2022 and Best Supply Chain Finance Provider-Bank Sri Lanka 2022.

NDB has always made strides in the digital banking arena, especially via its ‘The Future is Banking on us’ brand promise. As part of its digital transformation roadmap, NDB’s NEOS is regularly updated to reflect customer demand for personalisation and ease of use. The bank is also frequently at the forefront of technological changes and is involved in exploring, investing in and developing the digital banking arena, while on the fast track to becoming Sri Lanka’s best digital banking provider.

Winning the award for Best Financial Institution for Empowering Women in Business Sri Lanka 2022 comes as no surprise, especially since the bank has taken great strides to promote the women’s private sector labour force participation in Sri Lanka, which is a key national priority. Thus began Sri Lanka Vanithaabhimana, which is a programme to uncover and reward successful women entrepreneurs from every corner of the country.

Additionally, the bank’s project financing possesses the competence to assist its corporate clients in complex transactions and propel them towards the next phase of development in their businesses. With over three decades of project financing experience and in-house engineering and legal expertise, NDB not only plays a role of financial partner in these projects but acts as a project partner where advice on project management and legal aspects are also made available to the promoters. The package of services offered by NDB not only ensures the successful implementation of the project but also ascertains satisfactory returns to both the promoters as well as the bank, thus creating a win-win solution for both parties.

These awards come in the light of NDB being named as Sri Lanka’s Best Bank 2022 by the Global Finance Magazine of the USA, for the second consecutive year and the fourth year overall. The bank was also named as Most Awarded Corporate 2021, as per LMD ranking. The bank was also recently awarded two Gold awards for Financial Inclusivity and Best Common ATM Enabler of the Year and one Merit award for Excellence in Customer Convenience, at Lankapay Technnovation Awards 2022. 

NDB is the fourth largest listed bank in Sri Lanka and the parent company of the NDB group. The only financial services conglomerate in Sri Lanka, the NDB group is uniquely positioned towards assisting the growth and development of the Sri Lankan financial market to provide its customers seamless access to the product and service offerings of all its group companies.