The Commercial Bank’s annual countdown to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has begun with the launch of the Bank’s biggest seasonal promotion to date for credit and debit card holders.
Sri Lanka’s biggest private sector bank has announced that discounts of up to 60% will be offered at 4,000 merchant outlets across Sri Lanka on selected days till 30th April exclusively for Commercial Bank cardholders.
These discounts will be offered by 183 merchant partners retailing clothing and fashion accessories, 60 lifestyle products partners, 27 partners retailing shoes and leatherwear, 59 hotel partners, 13 jewellery partners, 12 healthcare partners, 12 salon, spa and cosmetics partners, five supermarket partners, five automobile partners, four watches and accessories partners, four travel partners and 12 dining partners, the Bank said.
Additionally, 73 online vendor partners will offer discounts to ComBank credit and debit card holders during the promotion period.
The Bank also offers easy payment plans of upto 60 months on white goods purchased during the promotion period.
“Every festive shopping season, we go all out to ensure that there is something for every customer segment, and that the discounts are truly attractive,” the Head of Commercial Bank’s Card Centre Mr Nishantha De Silva commented. “We bring in more merchant partners to match our growing cardholder base, and expand the range of products and services on offer to ensure that Commercial Bank cardholders can enjoy tangible savings.”
He said the participating merchants represent the largest collection of offers this Avurudu season, with discounts available across an extensive spread of outlets across Sri Lanka.
Commercial Bank cards are the fastest growing credit cards in Sri Lanka and enjoy market leadership in credit and debit card cumulative point-of-sale usage. The Bank offers a variety of credit cards in the Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers of Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay; LankaPay JCB branded credit cards in the Platinum, Gold and Classic tiers and Visa Signature, World Mastercard, Visa Infinite, UnionPay Asia Prestige Platinum and UnionPay Asia Prestige Diamond cards in the premium segment. The cards are equipped with ‘Tap ’n Go’ NFC technology and are backed by a strong NFC Point-of-Sale (POS) network.
Commercial Bank credit and debit cards offer year-round promotions covering a wide variety of services. The Bank was also a pioneer in extending promotional discount offers which were traditionally only offered for credit cards to its debit cards.
Commercial Bank is the first Sri Lankan bank to be listed among the Top 1000 Banks of the World and has the highest market capitalisation in the Banking Sector in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The Bank is the largest private sector lender, the largest lender to the SME sector, is a leader in digital innovation and is Sri Lanka’s first 100% carbon-neutral bank. Commercial Bank operates a strategically located network of branches and automated machines island-wide, and has the widest international footprint among Sri Lankan banks, with 20 outlets in Bangladesh, a fully-fledged Tier I Bank with a majority stake in the Maldives, and a Microfinance company in Myanmar. The Bank’s fully-owned subsidiary CBC Finance Ltd., also delivers a range of financial services via its own branch network.
