People’s Bank was bestowed with international and local business excellence awards last year.
Among some of the international awards, People’s Bank was awarded Best Domestic Bank and Best Bank for Diversity & Inclusion at the Asia Money Awards, organised to showcase excellence among leading banks in the Asia Pacific region. The Bank also basked under the spotlight at the Global Business Review Magazine Awards 2023, being awarded Banking Service Provider of the year Sri Lanka, Best Consumer Digital Bank Sri Lanka, Best Digital Wallet App Sri Lanka – People’s Pay, Most Development Bank Sri Lanka, Most Sustainable Bank – Sri Lanka across considerations of customer support, digital banking and economic development. People’s Bank was also recognised as one of the ‘The Next 100 Global Companies’ at the Global Banking and Finance Review.
Setting benchmarks in integrated reporting, the Bank’s success integrated annual report for 2022 was the only local bank to win a gold award at the well regarded International ARC Awards 2023 in the Bank: National category Including Gold for Printing and Production, Silver for Interior Design, Silver for Financial Data and a Bronze for Cover Photo/Design and Honors – Infographics. The ARC Awards represent the pinnacle of recognition for exceptional achievements in corporate communications, annual reports and investor relations materials.
People’s Bank was crowned at the The European – Global Banking & Finance Awards 2023 with some key awards: Bank of the Year Sri Lanka, Best Digital Banking Solutions Provider Sri Lanka, ESG Bank of the Year Sri Lanka, Best Mobile Banking APP Sri Lanka and Best Financial Inclusion Program Sri Lanka – all for the year 2023.
In the local arena also, People’s Bank remains one of the most awarded banks. In 2023, the Bank won the Gold Awards for Most Popular Digital Payment Product and Best Common ATM Enabler of the Year – category A’, along with a Merit Overall award for Excellence in interbank Digital payment at the highly anticipated LankaPay Technnovation Awards.
People’s Bank Chairman, Sujeewa Rajapakse said, “The numerous global and local awards won by People’s Bank in 2023 gives us immense pride and satisfaction. Backed by a professional and dedicated team, the Bank has successfully outperformed peers across many categories.
“We, at People’s Bank, are especially proud of the consistent and significant socio economic contribution we were able to make to help the country emerge from the recent crisis. These awards serve to further cement our commitment to good governance and exceptional customer care,” he said.
