People’s Bank’s premier status in Asia-Pacific validated by The Asian Banker and Asiamoney

Gaining global recognition from the international banking fraternity, People’s Bank was recently bestowed with two prominent awards on the global banking platform. The first prestigious award as the ‘Best Retail Bank in Sri Lanka’, Digital Bank in Sri Lanka’ and ‘The Most Improved Retail Bank in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa’ was bestowed on People’s Bank at The Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2019, held in Dubai, UAE. The Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2019 was instituted to recognize the pursuit of excellence amongst retail financial institutions. People’s Bank was selected from amongst more than 300 banks and non-bank retail financial services players in more than 42 countries via a rigorous audit-based approach. The Asian Banker is the region’s most authoritative provider of strategic business intelligence to the financial services community.

The second impressive accolade is the ‘ Best Digital Bank’ award by Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2019, held recently, which selected People’s Bank as the ‘Best Digital Bank’ in Sri Lanka. Asiamoney identifies People’s Bank as having excelled across a range of core banking activities over the past 12 months. The winning bank is selected by a team of senior journalists, chaired by Euromoney’s editor, after receiving detailed submissions from market participants and in conjunction with research into the banking and capital markets by an editorial committee. Senior editors also visited each country to meet leading bankers and gather client and competitor feedback.