SLIC partners Genie and eZ cash to facilitate insurance premium payments

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From left: SLIC Chief Information Officer Aloka Jayawardhana, SLIC Chief Executive Officer Chandana L. Aluthgama, SLIC Managing Director Dushyantha B. Basnayake, Dialog Axiata Chief Digital Services Officer Dr. Nushad Perera, Dialog Axiata Merchant Acquisition and Sales Chief Manager Udaya Jayasundara, Dialog Axiata FinTech Mobile Money Senior Manager Gimali Soysa and Dialog Axiata Mobile Money Senior Manager Padmanath Muthukumarana

Sri Lanka Insurance (SLIC) partners with Genie app and eZ cash to provide a hassle-free and convenient premium paying facility for customers. Genie, Sri Lanka’s first and only PCI-DSS certified mobile payment app and eZ Cash, the country’s first and largest mobile money and payment service by Dialog Axiata PLC provides real-time, secure and convenient insurance premium payments for SLIC policyholders.

SLIC is striving to enhance the service experience of customers through innovative technological solutions and extending the effort further the insurance giant brings insurance closer to customers by providing them diverse channels for the ease of access and reach.

This partnership will allow any SLIC policyholder to make payments quickly, digitally and at their convenience via the Genie and eZ Cash mobile applications (available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store) and microsite (www.genie.lk) or via eZ Cash USSD by dialling #111#.

Commenting, SLIC CEO Chandana L. Aluthgama said: “A key strategic move at SLIC has been the decision to embrace technology by introducing new and innovative solutions to enhance efficiencies, productivity and market reach. These strategies to bring our business closer to the customer will also add value to different stakeholders, including our business partners such as our advisors, while allowing SLIC to capitalise on diverse business opportunities, including new growth opportunities.

“Today we are taking a leap forward partnering with Dialog Axiata with the launch of the ‘Genie App’, it will support our aim of providing extensive reach for the ease of our customers increasing the accessibility through different platforms. SLIC customers will further benefit from the utmost convenience of making cashless insurance premium payments while enjoying a hassle-free, secure payment experience.”

Sharing his thoughts, Dialog Axiata Chief Digital Services Officer Dr. Nushad Perera said: “As a company that strives to empower and enrich Sri Lankan lives and enterprises using innovation and technology, we are proud to partner SLIC to introduce this convenient, digitally inclusive and secure payment method for customers to make insurance payments from anywhere, any time.”