Awards and Accolades

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• Ratings by Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. Senior Debt AA
(lka)
AA
(lka)
AA
(lka)
AA+
(lka)
AA+
(lka)
AA+
(lka)
AA+ (lka) AA+ (sri) AA+ (sri) SL AA +
• Ratings by Ram Ratings Lanka Ltd. Long term financial institution ratings AA+ AA+                
• Ratings by Ram Ratings Lanka Ltd. Short term financial institution ratings P1 P1                
• Only Sri Lankan Bank amongst the Top 1000 Banks of the world -
The Banker, UK
Entrant Entrant     Entrant          
• Awards by The Global Finance Magazine (USA) Best Bank in Sri Lanka Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner
• Awards by The Banker Magazine (UK) Bank of The Year in Sri Lanka   Winner     Winner Winner   Winner Winner Winner
  Award for Excellence by Euro Money Magazine (UK) Best Bank in Sri Lanka
(1st Bank in Sri Lanka to win this award)
Winner Winner       Winner        
• Award for Excellence by Trade Finance Magazine (UK) Best Local Trade Bank Winner Winner   Winner            
• Awards by Finance Asia Best Bank in Sri Lanka Winner Winner Winner Winner            
• Bracken Award by The Banker Magazine (UK) Sri Lanka's Bank of The Year           Winner        
• Annual Report Awards by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka                    
  Overall   Joint
2nd R. up
Winner Joint
1st R. up
  Joint Winner 1st R. up Winner Winner Winner
  Banking Sector   Winner Winner 1st R. up Joint 1st R. up Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner
  Corporate Governance Disclosure   1st R. up 1st R. up 2nd R. up Joint 1st R. up       Winner Joint
1st R. up
  Corporate Social Responsibility       2nd R. up           Joint
1st R. up
  Management Commentary     2nd R. up 1st R. up 2nd R. up Joint
1st R. up
       
• Annual Report Awards by the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)                    
  Overall           Joint Winner 1st R. up 2nd R. up Winner  
  Financial/Banking Sector     1st R. up Joint
2nd R. up
Joint 1st R. up Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner
  Corporate Governance Disclosure     1st R. up 2nd R. up       Winner    
• National Business Excellence Awards by the National
Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka
                   
  Overall     Winner     N/A Winner      
  Large Scale Investments     N/A     Winner N/A N/A    
  Extra Large Sector     Winner     N/A Winner 2nd R. up    
  Banking Sector     Winner     N/A Winner Winner    
  Excellence in Performance Management Practices     Winner              
  Block Buster Performance     N/A     N/A Winner N/A    
  Business and Financial Sustainability           N/A Winner Winner    
• Awards by Ministry of Labour Relations and Manpower together with
ILO Office in Sri Lanka - National Decent Work Award
      Gold            
• Human Resource Management (HRM) Awards                    
  National/Overall/Gold       Winner   Winner        
  Overall (Large Sector)               Winner    
  Most Innovative HR Practice (Large Sector)               Winner    
• National Best Quality Software Awards by The British Computer Society (Sri Lanka Section)                    
  Financial Sector (Com e-Load Product)             Silver      
  Financial Sector (Com Bank Online Product)             Merit      
• Awards by the Association of HR Professionals                    
  HR Awards 2010 - Super 10     Gold              
  Award for Talent Supply     Winner              
Bank's Achievements in Bangladesh Operations                    
• Credit Ratings by Credit Rating Information Services Ltd. AAA AAA AA+ AA+ AA+ AA AA AA AA  
• Partex Business Awards by Robintex Financial Mirror Best Foreign Bank       Winner Winner Winner Winner Winner    
• Arthakantha Business Awards for Outstanding Achievements
Best Foreign Bank (Banking Sector)
      Winner       Winner Winner  
• Financial News Services (FNS) Business Awards Best Performing Foreign Bank               Winner    
• The Industry-Business Awards by The Industry Magazine Best Foreign Bank Winner Winner       Winner     Winner  
• Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh
National Best Corporate Award
2nd R. up 2nd R. up   2nd R. up   2nd R. up        
• Desher Kagoj Business Award Best Foreign Bank           Winner        
• Banker's Forum CSR Awards by Banker's Forum     Winner