CDB extends operations to Service Centres in Jaffna, Vavuniya
May 6, 2010 01:25 pm
The Citizens Development Business Finance Ltd (CDB) recently
spread its wings to the North with two fully fledged Service Centres in
Situated at No 298,
The Jaffna Service Centre was ceremonially inaugurated by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal. Present on the occasion were also the Deputy Governor of the CBSL K.G.D.D. Dheerasinghe, the Director, Department of Supervision of Non Bank Financial Institutions of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Mr. S.S Rathnayake, Advisor to the President on Banking, Mrs. Rani Jayamaha, together with the senior officials of the Central Bank, Directors, Management and the staff of CDB.
Addressing the vast gathering present the Governor of the Central Bank Ajith Nivard Cabraal said that the key to the development of the Northern peninsula was strong lending facilities which the community there needed to develop their livelihoods. Hailing the far reaching initiatives taken by CDB by becoming a partner in the cause, he reiterated that the development of the overall Srilankan economy will be boosted with the development of the northern peninsula.
As part of this expansion drive to the North, new leasing facilities were given to entrepreneurs to support their business operations.
Speaking on the occasion CDB’s GM/CEO Mahesh Nanayakkara
said, “Through our presence in the
A large gathering of Northern customers patronised the CDB on opening day. As part of building bridges between the North and the South, the CDB took some of its staff from other branches to the opening of the Jaffna Service Centre. Needless to say it was a first-in-a-lifetime experience for most of the staff to see the environment in the Northern peninsula.
Photo caption: Deputy Governor of the CBSL K.G.D.D.
Dheerasinghe hands over a three wheeler lease document to a