NDB’s 2017 Annual Report themed “Take a Closer Look”was recognized with the Bronze Award at the CA Sri Lanka Annual Reports Awards 2018, which was held at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo under the patronage of the Governor of Central Bank, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy.
NDB bagged the Bronze award in the Banking Institutions category, an award category which is highly competitive and much sought after by the leading banks within the industry.
Commenting on this feat, the GCEO/Director, Dimantha Seneviratne said that the Bank was honoured to be a recipient of this award by CA Sri Lanka, which are widely known as the benchmark for quality corporate reporting in the country. He further added that the Bank places clarity, cohesiveness and transparency at the centre of its annual reports, which is the most important document that is presented to a wide array of audience including the Bank’s shareholders.
NDB continually reviews and adopts best practice local and international reporting and disclosure guidelines in its annual reports – in both financial and non-financial disclosures, to ensure quality information provided to all stakeholders.
NDB also won the The Banker – UK “Bank of the Year” award as well as the Best Bank in Sri Lanka by the coveted awards program of the Global Finance Magazine, USA.
As such 2018 marks a significant year for NDB where it won both these prestigious awards in one single year, which is a rare feat for a bank.
In addition NDB won a number of other awards within the year 2018 including being named the Bank of the Year for “Excellence in Customer Convenience” from LankaPay Technnovation Awards, emerging Winner under the banking sector and the Runner-Up for Excellence in Corporate Governance at the National Business Excellence Awards 2018, and seven additional awards under three categories - Retail Banking Awards, Wholesale Banking Awards and Corporate & Investment Banking Awards by the Asian Banking & Finance Magazine of Singapore among others.
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