‘BOC Triple Wasi’ Foreign Remittance Draw selects first 50 winners

Selecting 50 winners, the very first draw of BOC Triple Wasi was held in George E. De Silva Garden Kandy recently. The ceremony was held with the patronage of the bank’s Deputy General Manager Treasury, International and Investment Banking Sarath Jayasooriya and the Assistant General Manager International S.M.W. Samarakoone. 

Prof. Anura Wickramasinghe and Prof. H.M.R. Herath participated in the event as guests of honour. The bank’s Assistant General Manager Central Province R.P.S. Rajapaksha, Assistant General Manager Priyal Silva, Senior Manager Trade Promotion P. Kumara and other bank staff participated at the event. 

The draw was held among customers who sent foreign remittances through Bank of Ceylon during the Avurudu season. Customers who are sending remittances could win up to three times the amount remitted by them, in addition to what they have remitted through BOC ‘Triple Wasi’ promotion. With the bank’s foreign correspondent network consisting of over 750 correspondent banks and over 101 exchange houses around the world, customers can remit money to Sri Lanka speedily, more securely and conveniently to their loved ones or to their own accounts. 

Customers who receive foreign remittances through the Bank of Ceylon enjoy the privilege of obtaining money through any of 627 BOC’s branches or any of BOC 521 ATMs located across the country. Customers who receive remittances to their foreign or local currency accounts or simply receive money over the counter through a secret PIN number, are all entitled for this draw. BOC’s Head Office Personal branch at Colombo Fort is kept open 24 X 7 to provide uninterrupted banking services.

To be entitled for the second draw remittances should be sent during 1 June to 31 July and remittances sent during 1 October to 31 December will be entitled for the final draw. The bank will disburse a total sum of Rs. 12.5 million among 125 winners during these three draws. Each winner will receive the equivalent of a maximum of Rs. 100,000 in Sri Lankan rupees. Customers will stand more chances of winning by sending multiple remittances through Bank of Ceylon. 

Other than the bank’s own BOC Smart-remit system, customers can send money through SWIFT, Money Gram, Ez-Remit, Xpressmoney, Ria, Prabhu money and Sigue to any BOC account, to any other bank account or simply to obtain cash over the counter. “As a part of the Bank’s digital transformation Process the bank has upgraded its system that all remittances received for BOC accounts will be credited to the account real-time and other bank remittances will be forwarded to respective banks immediately. Enhancing customer convenience the bank also notifies the recipient of the money through an SMS alert as soon as the money is received by the bank,” stated Deputy General Manager – International, Treasury and Investment S.M.S.C. Jayasuriya. 

Since 1939, for more than 76 years ‘Bankers to the Nation’, Bank of Ceylon has been a trusted partner for all Sri Lankans. The Bank of Ceylon was named as the Strongest Bank in the country for the year 2015 by the prestigious ‘The Asian Banker’ and it earned global recognition as one of the top 1000 banks in the world, (Country rank No.1) as listed by ‘The Banker Magazine’ (UK) respectively in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Bank of Ceylon won the overall Gold Award at the NBEA Awards Ceremony 2015 with five other ‘Winner’ awards. 

The bank claimed its award as the only Sri Lankan brand recognised as one of Asia’s Best Brands in 2013 awarded by the Chief Marketing Officer’s Council (CMO Council) based in Mumbai, India. Brand Finance Lanka ranked Bank of Ceylon as the country’s No. 1 brand for the last eight consecutive years. The bank has passed exceptional milestones in recent years such as becoming the first to gain over Rs. 1.5 trillion assets and over Rs. 1.0 trillion deposits. Focusing on the bank’s achievement, Fitch Rating Lanka ranked the Bank of Ceylon at AA+(lka) which is the highest rating awarded to a local commercial bank and ICRA (lk) awarded AAA rating which is the highest credit quality rating issued by ICRA Lanka. Bank of Ceylon maintains international presence with three overseas branches and a subsidiary in London.