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Sri Lanka Cricket launches Credit Card
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Sri Lanka Cricket teamed up with Sampath Bank to launch a Co-branded Credit Card in a bid to generate additional revenue for the development of the game. The launch of the Sri Lanka Cricket-Sampath bank gold credit card will be followed by the introduction of the Classic card and the debit card.

According to the Managing Director and CEO of Sampath Bank Anil Wijesuriya Sri Lanka Cricket will get 50% of the joining fee and 0.2% of each transaction whenever a customer uses the Credit Card.

Sri Lanka Cricket Marketing Director Jayantha Kudahetty who was instrumental in negotiating the deal with Sampath Bank plans to add a host of benefits for cricket fans who wish to obtain the credit card.

Plans are already underway to issue special discounts for match tickets and souvenir's purchased through the credit card.Kudahetty who revealed that Sri Lanka cricket sold tickets to the value of Rs 1 million on line for the Sri Lanka -England one day series is optimistic that the Credit card concept will catch up fast among Sri Lankan cricket fans.

Sampath Bank who pioneered the introduction of MasterCard Credit cards to Sri Lanka in 1989 is one of the leading banks in the Card Industry in Sri Lanka. The Bank has been associated with Sri Lanka Cricket in the past and employs a host of cricketers who play first class cricket.Current one day captain Marvan Atapattu is one of their employees.

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