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AIRTEL & COMMERCIAL BANK LAUNCH BILL PAYMENT FACILITIES IN SRI LANKA



• Service available for prepaid reload and postpaid bill settlement customers by simply typing PIN Rs and sending it to 8823 from their Airtel mobile.
• Further offers Airtel customers greater convenience with access to over 420 ATMs and 198 Commercial Bank branches throughout Sri Lanka.


Bharti Airtel Lanka and Commercial Bank proudly announced the launch of bill payment facilities accessible to all Airtel and Commercial Bank customers, recently. Available throughout Sri Lanka, this service provides all prepaid and post paid customers of Airtel access to multiple touch points to top up their accounts either by reload or bill settlement.


Services on offer enable mutually exclusive customers of Airtel and Commercial Bank the option of reloading their prepaid accounts or settling all postpaid bill payments by simply typing PIN Rs on SMS and sending it to 8823 from their Airtel mobiles.


Customers of Commercial Bank can also opt to access internet banking facilities in settling their Airtel bill payments, in addition to making payments at any one of the 420 ATMs located islandwide.


The benefits of this service have also been extended to all Airtel customers for prepaid reload facilities and postpaid bill settlement to take place at any of Commercial Bank’s 198 Branches operational throughout Sri Lanka.


Amali Nanayakkara, CEO & MD Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd said, “Engineering greater ease of convenience through multiple access points for customers to further enjoy our array of services on offer, is one among a number of delight initiatives to have been motioned at Airtel. Enhancing our service touch points increases in significance for our customers, with Airtel now present across Sri Lanka. We would like to thank Commercial Bank for partnering us in this instance to augment opportunity of delight for all our customers to experience and enjoy”.


Amitha Gooneratne, Managing Director of Commercial Bank said, “At the heart of Commercial Bank lies a strong and powerful belief; give greater convenience to the customer. The launch of bill payment facilities in Sri Lanka in collaboration with Airtel makes such belief a reality. With unequalled capabilities and the widest computerised network of branches, Commercial Bank leads Sri Lanka’s banking renaissance, providing the best climate now for the ever expanding community of mobile phone owners. I am certain that our partnership with Airtel is an establishment of a support system which would enhance the customer base of both institutions.”


About Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd: Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka on January 12, 2009, and was the fastest operator to reach the 1 million customers mark in Sri Lanka. With its network footprint panned out across the country in less than 2 years from launch, Airtel has emerged as Sri Lanka’s fastest expanding network. Granted a license in 2007, in accordance with the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act No. 25 of 1991, it is also a registered company under the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka. Under the license, the company provides digital mobile services to Sri Lanka inclusive of voice telephony, voice mail, data services and GSM based services. All of these services are provided under the Airtel brand. To know more, visit www.airtel.lk


About Commercial Bank (Pvt) Ltd: The Commercial Bank’s operations in Sri Lanka consist of 198 branches and Supermarket Banking counters and an ATM network of 405 terminals. The Bank has been adjudged Sri Lanka’s ‘Bank of the Year’ seven times by ‘The Banker,’ ‘Best Bank in Sri Lanka’ for 12 consecutive years by ‘Global Finance’ Magazine, and the Best Bank in Sri Lanka twice by FinanceAsia. It has also been rated ‘Best Local Trade Bank’ in Sri Lanka by the UK based ‘Trade Finance’ magazine.
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