People’s Leasing wins top accolades at SLIBFI Awards
People’s Leasing and Finance PLC’S (PLC) Al Safa Islamic Financial Services Unit (IFU) secured multiple awards at the Sri Lanka Islamic Banking and Financial Industry (SLIBFI) Awards ceremony held at Hotel Ramada for the seventh year.
SLIBFI Awards is held to honour best performers in the Islamic Banking and Financial fraternity in Sri Lanka, under nine categories. PLC clinched Gold for the ‘Social Upliftment Award of The Year’, Silver for ‘Leasing Company of The Year’ and Bronze for ‘Window/unit of The Year 2017’.
Commenting on winning these noteworthy awards, PLC Operations Senior DGM Lionel Fernando said: “SLIBFI is a sought after award by institutions in the Islamic Banking and Finance sector and PLC is honoured to have received these awards. Our commitments, service towards customer and Shariah compliant activities have contributed towards being chosen for these accolades. We launched our Al-safa Islamic Finance Unit in 2005 and all our activities are carried out strictly in accordance with Shariah principles under the guidance of the Shariah Supervisory Board.”
“We have eight dedicated branches operating under the Al-safa Unit at present and PLC is all set to establish an island-wide Alsafa services network to provide a broader range of financial facilities in line with the global standards in Islamic finance,” said IFU Chief Manager Mohideen Maharoof.