Honouring the values that define the Sinhala and Tamil New Year – togetherness, benevolence, and
prosperity – Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank HNB PLC encouraged its cardholders to
celebrate new beginnnings in style with its new ‘HNB Avurudu Jayayi’ promotion.
Well-known for its Avurudu promotions and discounts, HNB’s credit and debit card deals in 2021
aim to surpass customer expectations entirely by partnering with an even wider range of the most
popular local and international retail brands. In keeping with the theme of prosperity, the seasonal
card offers encompasses multiple outlets in the fashion, hospitality, fine dining, supermarkets,
online, healthcare, education, lifestyle, jewellery and autocare sectors.
“We’ve just come out of one of our most challenging years to date, and we’re beginning to return
to a sense of normalcy. As the nation’s leader in retail banking, we’re committing to giving our
customers unmatched value this well-deserved holiday season so that they can celebrate Avurudu
to their heart’s desire,” commented HNB Head of Cards Gauthami Niranjan.
Providing exciting offers up to 70% off on travel and hospitality at upscale hotels, the Bank has
placed an emphasis on affordable luxury living this season, in an effort to be responsive to the
demands of its increasingly discerning clientele, together with discounts up to 40% off on leading
fashion brands islandwide. Additionally, keeping pace with the latest consumer trends, HNB notably
offers cardholders exclusive discounts on Apple products, including iPhones, iPads, and Apple
Watches sold at Abans and buyabans.com with up to 48 months 0% installments plans for
convenient repayments. Furthermore, cardholders can enjoy offers up to 30% off at a range of
delightful restaurants with their loved ones during this season.
In addition to the above, any day is a shopping day with the amazing offers up to 25% off, given by
the Bank for their Credit and Debit cardholders, at leading supermarket brands throughout the
week, to entertain and celebrate in style.
“Above all, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year is a way of expressing gratitude – to nature, to
tradition, and to each other. We’re hoping to honour this spirit with our Avurudu Jayayi
promotion, and display our genuine appreciation for our customers with these generous discounts
and 0% installment plans,” continued Gauthami.
The Bank extends further convenience and satisfaction to cardholders, through zero interest
instalment plans up to 12 months in addition to these attractive discounts, for any Credit card
transaction till 30th April 2021.
Currently, HNB offers credit cards ranging from Visa Gold, Platinum, Signature and Infinite, as well
as MasterCard Gold, Platinum and World, while each cardholder is provided with a host of other
exclusive benefits, including the waiver of joining fees and free supplementary cards with no joining
or annual fees with the longest interest free credit period of 55 days for repayments.
With 252 customer centres across the country, HNB is one of Sri Lanka’s largest, most
technologically innovative banks having won local and global recognition for its efforts to drive
forward a new paradigm in digital banking. Over the recent past, the bank was ranked among the
World Top 1,000 Banks list compiled by the prestigious UK-based Banker Magazine. HNB has a
national rating of AA- (lka) by Fitch Ratings (Lanka) Ltd.
HNB was also declared Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Sri Lanka at the Global Finance Awards 2020.
The bank further won the Award for the Best Retail Bank in Sri Lanka for the 11th time at the
Asian Banker Awards 2020, in recognition of its sustainable growth and continuous improvements
in processes, products and services amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment.