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ComBank ranked SL Market Leader in CSR and SME Banking

03 Sep 2022

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been ranked as the Market Leader in Sri Lanka in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and SME Banking under the Euromoney 2022 Accreditation Programme launched by the publication this year.  Euromoney also accorded Commercial Bank a Highly Regarded accreditation for its offerings in investment banking and digital solutions. The bank’s success was recognised across these four categories at a national level at the inaugural accreditation programme that was introduced to complement the existing Euromoney and Asiamoney awards by providing a comprehensive global ranking of banking and finance brands across several key segments. “An accreditation programme of this nature is very welcome because it goes beyond the format of the evaluation for awards with a grading methodology,” Commercial Bank Managing Director and CEO Sanath Manatunge said.  “This allows multiple players to be graded in different aspects of performance, and motivates those with lower accreditations to strive to progress to the next level of recognition. We are delighted to be ranked Market Leader in both CSR and SME banking, two high priority areas for Commercial Bank.”  Commercial Bank received the ‘Market Leader’ ranking in CSR for completing over 600 projects under the categories of education, healthcare, community, culture and heritage, and environment by the close of 2021. The bank has donated 248 IT labs to date, benefitting over 220,000 students and has continued its support towards initiatives in education with projects such as Digital Citizens, smart schools, maths labs, STEM classrooms, coding clubs, and vocational training.  The bank also donated essential medical equipment for the treatment of Covid-19 patients to 25 State hospitals and contributed towards a number of community initiatives to solve problems of access to safe water and sanitation. It also embarked on the third phase of a mangrove planting project around the Koggala Lake to prevent erosion, extended support towards the conservation of sea turtles, and continued to promote environment management among clients by encouraging and funding green businesses.   Commercial Bank’s efforts to uplift the local SME segment with facilities such as its ‘Biz Loans’ and ‘Agri Gold Loans’ schemes, capacity building initiatives for SMEs, support to women entrepreneurs in the country, continuous deployments of the ‘Bank-on-Wheels’ operation, and disbursement of Covid-19 support loans contributed towards its Market Leader ranking in ‘SME Banking.’  In 2021, the bank’s SME loans portfolio grew by 10% in value to Rs. 210.967 billion. The Ministry of Finance had declared Commercial Bank as the largest lender to Sri Lanka’s SME sector among all State-owned, private, and specialised banks in the country in 2020, accounting for more than a fifth of all loans in terms of value and number. The bank maintained this momentum in SME lending in 2021 too, during which it notably secured a $ 50 million loan from the CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, to further facilitate lending to SMEs and support climate projects in Sri Lanka. The bank’s Highly Regarded status in offering digital solutions in the country can be attributed to a series of innovative apps, facilities, and systems launched to enhance customers’ digital experiences. These include enhancements to the bank’s integrated online banking platform, ComBank Digital, to enable payments to Government institutions and group payments for ComBank Digital business users.   

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