February 26, 2024

3min37
25 February 2024, Colombo: Seylan Bank has entered a strategic partnership with PickMe, the leading ride-hailing and food delivery service in Sri Lanka, to introduce exclusive discounts for Seylan Accelerate Debit Cardholders. Accordingly, Seylan Accelerate Debit Cardholders will be able to enjoy a 20% discount, up to Rs. 500, on PickMe Rides across the Flex, […]

August 3, 2023
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5min17
      Under a new agreement between the Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Ltd., and PickMe, the app based ride hailing company will operate a taxi stand within the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).  The new arrangement will bring an additional revenue of Rs. 700/- per vehicle to the BIA while making it […]

May 22, 2023
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5min53
      PickMe has become a trailblazer by creating safety nets for those working in the gig economy. Currently, over 11,000 drivers are covered under the company’s latest insurance scheme.  As PickMe expands their platinum and gold categories for drivers, the insurance scheme will provide cover to more people. Something unique about the scheme […]

March 31, 2023

2min22
      PickMe will continue to be market leaders in prices in the taxi hailing market with them further bringing down the charge per kilometre to Rs.68. “The current slashing of petrol prices by CPC will be passed down to the passenger and we will continue to give value to the driver who works […]

January 2, 2023
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4min24
      Ride hailing and food deliveries have reached pre-covid numbers for PickMe, pointing towards the economy starting to get back on its feet by December 2022. In the last year alone, the app based mobile operator registered over 40,000 new drivers into their network, showing robust growth for the PickMe platform. Jiffry Zulfer, […]


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