The SME sector was badly affected due to the prevailing situation within the country, with their day to day business operations on hold for over two months.
Seylan Bank, driven with a strong desire towards progressive knowledge sharing and transformation, hosted a series of exclusive webinars with some of the most successful entrepreneurs and industry experts in the country.
The webinars were designed to uplift and encourage the SME sector and to look at ways of expanding and broadening their business structures to maximize profits post-pandemic.
The series of webinars focused on key areas such as Digital Transformation Procedures for SME’s, how to create and uplift a brand successfully.
The exclusive forums were completed in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and 361 Degrees, featuring Rohan Jayaweera Former Country Manager, Google Sri-Lanka; Selyna Peiris Director Selyn Handlooms and Exports; Chandra Vithanage Senior Assistant Secretary General, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Professor Nirmal De Silva Co-founder and CEO Paramount Realty and Board Director of Regional Development Bank; Yasas Hewage Director and Co-founder Snipexx Academy of Business and Lasintha Ferdinando and Principal Consultant and JKSE Consultants (Pvt) Ltd.
Apart from the knowledge sharing forums, Seylan Bank has also taken steps to support the SME sector by providing a 6-month debt moratorium in accordance with the Central Bank circular. The bank is also geared to grant customers who seek working capital loans at low-interest rates for business expansion & growth in a bid to aid Small and Medium scale business owners affected by the present economic situation.
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