HNB extends LANKAQR expansion to merchants in Katugastota

Driving Sri Lanka’s transformation into a vibrant cashless economy, Sri Lanka’s most future ready bank, HNB PLC conducted a QR activation programme to onboard merchants in the Central Region in support of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s ‘Rata Purama LANKAQR’ campaign.

The bank launched a promotional drive to create awareness and encourage the use of cashless payment options at its Katugastota Customer Centre with the attendance of CBSL Director- Payments and Settlements Department, Dharmasri Kumaratunge as chief guest of the event, together with HNB Head of Marketing, Chammika Weerasinghe, HNB Head of Digital Services, Shankar Dharmaratne, HNB Regional Business Head- Central Region, Harsha Wickramasinghe and HNB Katugastota Customer Centre Manager, Dulanga Agalakotuwa.

“The establishment of a common standard for transactions through LANKAQR is a clear signal that Sri Lanka is moving towards the cashless society that is accessible to all. We therefore express our gratitude to HNB for wholeheartedly supporting this vital national endeavour, and we look forward to working with them and the banking sector as a whole in order to encourage larger numbers of merchants and customers to adopt QR-based payments as their preferred method of transacting,” CBSL Director – Payments and Settlements Dharmasri Kumaratunge said.