NDB - Global Finance’s best Sri Lankan bank for 3rd time

National Development Bank PLC was awarded the coveted “Bank of the Year Sri Lanka” title as adjudged by Global Finance USA for 2022 in its 29th edition of awards for the World’s Best Banks.

The Global Finance Awards are one of the major awards in the Banking & Financial Services Sector, across the globe. Accordingly, this is the second consecutive year NDB Bank was named “Best Bank in Sri Lanka” having won it in 2021 and the fourth year that NDB won this award, having won same in 2015 and 2018 previously.

In a media release, NDB Bank said it has been charting a new course in the Sri Lankan banking landscape under the bank’s brand ethos “The Future is Banking on Us”. The bank has excelled in customer- centric solutions and deploying digitisation at an impressive pace over the past few years despite the many challenges and obstacles in their path.

“This achievement affirms the significant impact and contribution NDB is making to the Sri Lankan banking sector, as the fourth largest listed banking entity in the country, with agility and nimbleness to stay relevant in the rapidly evolving industry landscape. It solidifies the distinct performance of NDB amongst its peers, and its ability to maintain consistency in performance amidst external challenges. NDB has always embraced digitisation for external and internal process automations, introduced cutting-edge customer solutions and has a strategic commitment towards empowering the women’s market segment through initiatives such as NDB Araliya and the ‘Sri Lanka Vanithabhimana’ women’s empowerment initiative,” it said.

With this win from Global Finance, NDB joins an elite group of best banks from their respective countries across the globe, such as The City Bank of Bangladesh, DBS Bank of Singapore, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Bank of America of USA.