HNB launches revamped Royal College Student Savings Unit
Ramping up efforts to encourage a flourishing savings habits among young Sri Lankans, premier retail bank, HNB PLC, celebrated the opening of a fully-revamped Student Savings Unit, at the most respected public school in the island, Royal College, Colombo.
The new unit was declared open during a special ceremony at the school with the participation of Royal College Principal B.A. Abeyrathna, together with HNB Deputy General Manager Retail and SME Banking Sanjay Wijemanne, Royal College Senior Deputy Principal V.S. Gunathilake, Royal College Deputy Principal Academics Krishantha Silva, Royal College Assistant Principal Primary Yugantha Liyange, Royal College Student Development Society Secretary Asanga Peiris, Royal College Union Secretary Mithila Mendis, teachers, parents and students.
“We are pleased and grateful to celebrate this important milestone with the opening of a brand-new HNB Student Savings Unit. With HNB’S assistance, we will now be able to give students a powerful head start on essential skills needed to flourish in life, such as being financially responsible and developing a savings habit while gaining familiarity with new technologies that will be foundational for greater success in future,” Abeyrathna stated.
“It is truly an honour for myself and all of my fellow Royal College old boys to have launched our state-of-the-art HNB Student Savings Unit. With continuous digitalisation, the future of banking and finance is changing at an increasingly rapid pace. Through these units, we are able to give our future leaders here at Royal an early, in-depth, first-hand experience of these systems. In this manner, we hope to give each of them a firm foundation for financial success throughout their life,” Wijemanne stated.