Sampath Bank partners with SLPA to expedite port related payments
View(s):Sampath Bank has partnered with Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to expedite port related landing and delivery payments and deliver a hassle-free facility to exporters and importers in Sri Lanka.
“This is the first time this landing and delivery payment facility is being made available to private commercial banks in Sri Lanka and Sampath Bank is the first to be chosen by SLPA to manage the same,” the bank said in a media release.
The bank said it intends to simplify the port related payments procedure and guarantee transparency in documentation via its innovative information and technological knowhow and noted that this partnership was a forward step in keeping with the governmen’s e-Sri Lanka initiative.
Under this scheme, Freight Forwarders, Logistic Solution providers, or Cargo Agents can use Sampath Vishwa Internet banking retail or corporate facility or Sampath Bank Branches and make port related payments and get their cargo cleared in the least time possible.
To expedite payments for the SLPA, the customer is given two options to make payments through Sampath Bank delivery channels; through Sampath Internet Banking Solution (Sampath Vishwa retail and corporate) or via a visit to the nearest bank branch. The payment should be done by the customer based on the invoice number issued by the SLPA system, the statement said.