Commercial Bank to serve customers on Haj

Thursday, 11 November 2010 00:13 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

THE Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that 50 of its branches and Supermarket Banking counters will be kept open for the convenience of customers on 17 November, Hadji Festival day, a statutory bank holiday.

The Bank said that 17 branches in the Colombo and Gampaha districts, the foreign branch at the Head Office, the Bank’s 25 Supermarket Banking counters and its 365 day banking centres at Colombo 07, Ampara, Negombo, Galle City, Kandy City, Majestic City and Jaffna will be open for business and that all over-the-counter banking transactions could be conducted as usual.

The branches that will stay open in Colombo and Gampaha Districts include the foreign branch and branches at Wellawatte, Kollupitiya, Kotahena, Maharagama, Borella, Nugegoda, Narahenpita, Battaramulla, Panchikawatte, Union Place, Wattala, Dehiwala, Moratuwa, Nittambuwa, Kiribathgoda, Avissawella and Piliyandala.

“We have taken every possible effort to meet the needs of our customers. Our continuing branch expansion and providing access to banking facilities on statutory bank holidays is part of this effort,” said Sanath Bandaranayake, Deputy General Manager (Operations) of Commercial Bank.