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HNB fosters prosperity with bountiful ‘Avurudu Jayayi’ cards promotion







Honouring the values that define the Sinhala and Tamil New Year - togetherness, benevolence, and prosperity - Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank HNB PLC encouraged its cardholders to celebrate new beginnnings in style with its new ‘HNB Avurudu Jayayi’ promotion.

Well-known for its Avurudu promotions and discounts, HNB’s credit and debit card deals in 2021 aim to surpass customer expectations entirely by partnering with an even wider range of the most popular local and international retail brands. In keeping with the theme of prosperity, the seasonal card offers encompasses multiple outlets in the fashion, hospitality, fine dining, supermarkets, online, healthcare, education, lifestyle, jewellery and autocare sectors.

“We’ve just come out of one of our most challenging years to date, and we’re beginning to return to a sense of normalcy. As the nation’s leader in retail banking, we’re committing to giving our customers unmatched value this well-deserved holiday season so that they can celebrate Avurudu to their heart’s desire,” commented HNB Head of Cards Gauthami Niranjan.

Providing exciting offers up to 70% off on travel and hospitality at upscale hotels, the Bank has placed an emphasis on affordable luxury living this season, in an effort to be responsive to the demands of its increasingly discerning clientele, together with discounts up to 40% off on leading fashion brands islandwide. Additionally, keeping pace with the latest consumer trends, HNB notably offers cardholders exclusive discounts on Apple products, including iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches sold at Abans and buyabans.com with up to 48 months 0% installments plans for convenient repayments. Furthermore, cardholders can enjoy offers up to 30% off at a range of delightful restaurants with their loved ones during this season.

In addition to the above, any day is a shopping day with the amazing offers up to 25% off, given by the Bank for their Credit and Debit cardholders, at leading supermarket brands throughout the week, to entertain and celebrate in style.
“Above all, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year is a way of expressing gratitude - to nature, to tradition, and to each other. We’re hoping to honour this spirit with our Avurudu Jayayi promotion, and display our genuine appreciation for our customers with these generous discounts and 0% installment plans,” continued Gauthami.

The Bank extends further convenience and satisfaction to cardholders, through zero interest instalment plans up to 12 months in addition to these attractive discounts, for any Credit card transaction till 30th April 2021.
Currently, HNB offers credit cards ranging from Visa Gold, Platinum, Signature and Infinite, as well as MasterCard Gold, Platinum and World, while each cardholder is provided with a host of other exclusive benefits, including the waiver of joining fees and free supplementary cards with no joining or annual fees with the longest interest free credit period of 55 days for repayments.

With 252 customer centres across the country, HNB is one of Sri Lanka's largest, most technologically innovative banks having won local and global recognition for its efforts to drive forward a new paradigm in digital banking. Over the recent past, the bank was ranked among the World Top 1,000 Banks list compiled by the prestigious UK-based Banker Magazine. HNB has a national rating of AA- (lka) by Fitch Ratings (Lanka) Ltd.

HNB was also declared Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Sri Lanka at the Global Finance Awards 2020. The bank further won the Award for the Best Retail Bank in Sri Lanka for the 11th time at the Asian Banker Awards 2020, in recognition of its sustainable growth and continuous improvements in processes, products and services amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment.