Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC, partnered with popular internet payment gateway
provider OnePay, further expanding the selection of online shopping options available to customers
and its extensive portfolio of SMEs across the island.
The partnership paves the way for more than 900merchants using the OnePay platform to receive
payments from card holders. Many merchants using the internet payment gateway are small and
medium enterprises (SMEs) which are engaged with multiple merchant segments.
“As Sri Lanka’s banking sector leader in the digital payment revolution, we have been aggressively
pursuing partnerships with platforms with a strong track record,” HNB Head of Cards Gauthami
Niranjan said. “Banking and financial institutions must collaborate with other stakeholders like
FinTechs, to create a robust national digital payment ecosystem, which would benefit the entire
economy, especially Sri Lanka’s SMEs.”
OnePay, launched by Spemai (Pvt) Ltd in 2019, helps local ‘brick-and-mortar’ merchants grow their
businesses by developing an online sales channel. The internet payment gateway, for which both
users and merchants can register free after downloading the mobile app, has developed several
innovations targeting SMEs. OnePay is the first Sri Lankan FinTech to obtain ISO/IEC 27001
certification relating to information security management.
“By enabling HNB cardholders to make payments through our platform, this partnership will
significantly benefit and strengthen our merchants,” OnePay CEO Amila Fernando said. “We are fully
committed to extending the benefits of emerging digital technologies and driving the growth of Sri
Lankan SMEs, which form the backbone of the domestic economy.”
In addition to OnePay, HNB, a pioneer in digital banking in Sri Lanka, has partnerships with multiple
leading internet payment gateways. The bank has also played a prominent role in driving a cashless
QR-code based payments revolution that aims to make mobile phones and digital payments the
standard for day-to-day transactions island-wide. Such notable initiatives include the LANKAQR-
integrated HNB SOLO mobile payment app. The intuitive, user-friendly and sophisticated app has
significantly increased the convenience of making a wide range of QR-based payments.
With 265 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. HNB has a national rating of AA- (lka) by Fitch Ratings
(Lanka) Ltd. The bank was also ranked among the World’s Top 1,000 Banks list compiled by the
prestigious UK-based Banker Magazine for five consecutive years. HNB was also declared Best Sub-
Custodian Bank in Sri Lanka at the Global Finance Awards 2020.