Bank Of Ceylon is Associated With and Known as:
Bank Of Ceylon famously known by its short form as B.O.C, is a bank setup in 1939, located in attractive cylinder shaped building in Mawatha, Colombo, Srilanka the. Bank Of Ceylon has its nerve center at BOC Square, Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka and running its business in some famous countries of South-East, Asia such as India and Maldives and also in United Kingdom. Bank Of Ceylon like other banks also deals in Retail banking, Corporate banking, Investment banking. Bank Of Ceylon is headed by government of Srilanka having its written famous Tag of Bankers to the Nation, providing employment to nearly nine thousand people. Bank Of Ceylon provides a large range of products and services through online banking available 24hours across the week for the satisfaction of the customer.
Past Of Bank Of Ceylon
Sir Ernest de Silva was the originator and the
Very first Chairman of the Bank Of Ceylon in 1939, when the said area was under the custody of British. In 1941, Bank Of Ceylon initiated to enlarge its business outside Colombo. With in short span of time Bank Of Ceylon opened many offshoots in main cities like Galle, Batticaloa, Badulla, Jaffna, etc. when Srilanka got freedom from British in 1948, then all authorities regarding to the bank were held in Srilanka and from the very
Next year Central bank of Srilanka was established in order to connect all banks with it and regulate the functioning of banks under a nerve center.
Important Date Regarding To Bank Of Ceylon
1. In 1948 Ceylon (former name of Srilanka)got freedom from the British empire,the establishment of Central Bank of Srilank was taken into consideration and finally it was in 1949 of its foundation.In the same year, the said bank inauguratd its first offshoot in London, UK.
2. In 1961, the Srilankan Government announced the Bank Of Ceylon as public entity or enterprise and from that very period the Bank Of Ceylon became national financial institute.
3.In 1981, the Bank Of Ceylon took another step to
Boost up
the business venture when opened a branch in a neighboring country namely Maldives.