Fun to the fore asCommercial Bank celebrates World Children’s Day
More than 3,500 children and parents celebrated World Children’s Day at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini (SLRC) premises on 1st October at a fun-filled event sponsored by Commercial Bank.
Organised under the banner of ‘Arunalu’ – the Bank’s flagship Children’s Savings account, this was the fifth occasion that Sri Lanka’s largest private bank supported an event of this nature to engage with children and adults on a day universally dedicated to children.
Large numbers of children participated in games such as wall climbing and archery and special Arunalu sponsoredactivities at this event, to win Arunalu branded school bags, umbrellas, caps and pouches, while their mothers were provided an opportunity to join in the fun and win attractive gifts from ‘Anagi’ – Commercial Bank’s exclusive savings account for women.
Offering an interest rate of 6.5% per annum, ‘Arunalu’ is considered the best Children’s Savings Account in Sri Lanka. The Arunalu account has established the largest cash prize scheme in the country for year 5 students with a three-tiered scholarship scheme that rewards students placed first, second or third at the national, district or school levels at the Year 5 scholarship examination.
The only Sri Lankan bank to be ranked among the Top 1000 banks of the world for six years consecutively, Commercial Bank operates a network of 251 branches and 640 ATMs in Sri Lanka. The Bank has won multiple awards as Sri Lanka’s Best Bank, Best Trade Bank, Strongest Bank, Most Respected Bank from a number of local and international institutions and publications over several years and has also been adjudged one of Sri Lanka’s 10 best corporate citizens by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for several years.
Commercial Bank’s overseas operations encompass Bangladesh, where the Bank operates 18 outlets, Myanmar, where it has a Representative Office in Yangon and the Maldives, where the Bank openeda fully-fledged Tier I Bank in September 2016. The Bank has also received a license to operate a fully-owned Money Transfer Operation in Italy.