28th, September, 2020

Seylan Bank conferred with ‘Special Recognition Award’ by Wells Fargo Bank N.A , New York.


Seylan Bank was honored with a ‘Special Recognition Award’ by its’ main USD correspondent Wells Fargo Bank, N.A for 2017-2018 recently.

The accolade was a result of Seylan Bank’s continuous commitment to improve the overall efficiency levels, superior transaction processing time with a low inquiry ratio in the global Trade and other payments community.

The Award recognized a limited number of financial institutions of Wells Fargo Bank which accounts for 10% of 1500 partner banks around the globe. Seylan Bank was the only local bank to receive this award for two consecutive years.

Wells Fargo is the Most Valuable Banking Brand in North America and Retail Banking (2017) and Third-Most Valuable Financial Services Brand in World (2017) as recognized by Brand Finance and Forbes respectively. The bank has also been recognized as the Distinguished Provider for USD Global Transaction Services six years in a row and also the number one bank in Overall Institutional Satisfaction among Global Financial Institutions (2018) rated by FImetrix Global Stats.

Caption for the photo: Mr. Rajaraman Subramaniam, Vice President, FIG Payment Services – South Asia, Wells Fargo Bank Presenting the award to Mr. Kapila Ariyaratne, Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Also in the picture from (Left) Mr. Malik Wickramanayake – Deputy General Manager, Operations Seylan Bank PLC, Mr. Ashger Ali – Chief Manager, International Financial Services, Mr. Dilan Wijegoonawardena – Chief Manager, International and Ms. Amanie Nanayakkara – Manager, Correspondent Banking.