Bank Of Ceylon
Registered Head Office : Bank of Ceylon 4, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha,
Colombo
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The Bank of Ceylon is the leading Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka owned by the Govt. of Sri Lanka.
The Bank provides diversified Retail, Wholesale, International, Development/Investment Banking, Services, Credit Cards, SLIPS, RTGS Payments, Safe Deposit, Custodial and Pawn Broking services through a network of 303 local and 3 overseas branches (London, Male & Chennai) and the Off-shore Banking Unit.
The Bank continues to maintain its leadership position in regard to foreign currency remittance from Sri Lankans abroad having a market share over 60 percent in the year 2005. To facilitate the customers, a web based electronic fund transfer system named “BoC E-cash” was introduced during 2005. The Bank also joined “X Press Money”, a network of speedier, low cost money transfer facility offered by UAE Exchange Centre in Middle East.
Largest network with 305 branches connected on line.
There are 309 ATM Machines of BOC and 483 ATM outlets in collaboration with Sampath Bank.
An accelerated IT development programme to bring state of the art convenience banking to customers and update our internal MIS for improved decision making.
The Bank has 9 Subsidiaries and 6 Associate Companies, involving Property Management, Management Services, Travel related services, Primary Dealer. Hotel Operations, Property Development, Financial Services, Merchant Banking, Leasing businesses of the subsidiaries and Stock Broking, Venture capital funding, Property Development, Archives Management, Investment Banking and Fund Management businesses, of the Associates.
The Bank is rated AA(sri) by Fitch Rating, an internationally reputed Credit Agency, and are ranked among the 1000 largest banks in the world. All of which brings added value and credibility to our new slogan: “BOC – the Bank you can trust”.
The Bank practices good corporate governance and transparency by complying with all regulatory requirements and best practices in the industry.
The Bank is committed to follow good corporate citizenship by active involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility via specific budgetary allocation for vital and deserving social welfare projects.