World’s Leading Financial Magazines Named Commercial Bank as the Best Bank in Srilanka

One of the world’s leading financial magazines has rated Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC the Best Bank in Srilanka, reaffirming the Bank’s status as the leader in its field for an emphatic 17th year.

Global Finance’s just-released 2016 list of the world’s 25 Best Emerging Markets Banks in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, names Commercial Bank alongside some of the leading banks in these regions.

Criteria for choosing the winners included growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products. In addition, a poll of Global Finance’s corporate readership was conducted in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the results, the magazine said.

“We are delighted to be named the Best Bank in Srilanka for the 17th time since Global Finance began this annual exercise,” Commercial Bank’s Managing Director & CEO Mr Jegan Durairatnam said. “Given its audited circulation of more than 50,000 in the upper echelons of global corporate leadership, this assessment carries much weight, and the stringent evaluation process has an acknowledged credibility”.