People's Bank (Sri Lanka)
2018 LKR 10.9 billion syndicated loan facility extended to Hayleys for the acquisition of Singer Sri Lanka which it the single largest transaction of a listed company in Sri Lanka in recent time. Six alternative digital channel were launched during 2018 for the benefit and ease of customers namely People's Wave mobile banking application, People's Web/Internet banking, People's Wyn-internet banking and mobile app. for corporate clients, RLOS-Retail Loan Origination System and CLOS-Corporate Loan Origination System. Among the many finance apps in the country, People's Wave has become the most downloaded fiance app in Sri Lanka. For the 12th consecutive year, the bank was awarded the "People's Banking Service Provider of the Year". The Bank also secured the top spot as "The Banking of the Year for Excellence in Customer Convenience" at the LankaPay Technnovation Awards 2018. Further, People's Bank won the "Excellence in Local Market Reach" Award at the National Business Excellence Awards. On the global level, the Bank was once again raked among  the Top 1000 Banks in the World by the Banker Magazine, UK and, adjudged "The Best Bank in Sri Lanka" at the European Global Banking and Finance Awards 2018. Further, as a testament to our relentless commitment to excellence in digitization, People's Bank clinched the "Best Branch Digitization Initiative Program Award" in Asia Pacific Region at the Asian Banker Business Achievement Awards 2018 for Financial Technology Innovation.