BOC ‘A’ team emerges overall champs at Inter Bank Trade Quiz
The Bank of Ceylon’s A team for the Inter Bank Trade Quiz 2018 came on top and clinched the award for the “Trade Quiz Champions” recently.
BOC A Team also won the 1st place of the ‘trade round’ and earned high scores at each quiz round to sum-up for the overall championship, organized by the Trade Finance Association of Bankers (TFAB).
The Inter Bank Trade Quiz is an annual event that takes place together with the Association’s annual get-together and it was for the 14th time that TFAB organized this event with the participation of member banks in Sri Lanka. This year the event took place at the Galadari Hotel Colombo with Chairman DFCC Bank, C.R Jansz participating as the chief guest.
Every year this event attracts very talented teams representing member banks of TFAB who are keen to win this prestigious overall “Championship” award and this year 23 such teams competed against each other for the trophy. Dhanushka Sumathirathne (team leader), Kaushalya Wanniarachchi, Sachith Gurugamage, Supun Liyanage and Sugath Fernando represented the winning Bank of Ceylon A-team and they won the Inaugural Parama Dharmawardena Challenge Trophy for Trade Rule Champions as well as the Seylan Bank Challenge Trophy at the same event.
“We believe that this is an overwhelming victory for the bank’s quiz team as their dedication has paid off with a trophy that can only be won by a team with thorough knowledge and hands-on experience in trade finance. I wish to congratulate the winning team and wish the very best in their future endeavors,” stated the CEO/ General Manager Senarath Bandara.
BOC Trade Services was the first to be awarded with the ISO 9001-2008 in the banking sector certification issued by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution. The Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka’s No.1 Bank is currently the market leader in the trade services industry with the largest operation counter in Sri Lanka.