HNB paves the way for entrepreneurial growth with launch of new Business card
HNB PLC announced the launch of a convenient new Business Card specially designed to empower the country’s most dynamic enterprises with complete digitization and comprehensive, secure management of organizational transactions, in partnership with Mastercard.
The new Business Card can be authorized and provided to owners and employees of an enterprise as a substitute to petty cash payments, capable of handling any transaction locally and internationally – enabling high level employees of business entities to conveniently and reliably manage their personal expenses at home or abroad - excluding payment for the import of goods for commercial purposes.
Essentially functioning on the same level as HNB’s corporate offerings, the Business Card will also entitle holders to a wide range of special discounts, local and international offers on accommodation, dining and travel with Mastercard, free travel insurance for air tickets purchased through the card, free membership to 850+ airport lounges through LoungeKey as well as value additions.
The introduction of HNB’s Business Card follows the recent launch of a special new SME Export Credit facility developed in collaboration with the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) – the first of its kind in Sri Lanka.
The special facility aims to on- board new- to- bank export clients for pre and post shipment financing with limited tangible security, with special emphasis on tea, rubber, spices, cinnamon, coconut, textiles and garments, fisheries and related industries and is already fostering unprecedented new opportunities for export-oriented growth in the SME sector.
In keeping with its unmatched strategy of SME empowerment, HNB had also previously launched a specially designed integrated e-commerce platform in partnership with e- commerce Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, WEBXPAY – a platform which has already won over in excess of 450 merchants across the island.