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June 11, 2025

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This comes as part of the strategic partnership between Visa and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau to promote Sri Lanka as a preferred tourist destination for leisure and MICE tourism Colombo, June 9, 2025: Visa, the global payments leader, announced it will host the Visa Asia Pacific Summit in Sri Lanka to support the […]

May 16, 2025

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been honoured with the award for ‘Best Cross Border Salience – Large & Mid Market’ at the Visa Commercial Solutions Excellence Awards 2025, presented during the recent Visa Leadership Conclave in Colombo. This annual awards programme recognises outstanding performance across Visa’s commercial payments ecosystem that enables businesses […]

May 8, 2025

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on 07 May 2025 Wednesday thanked the United Arab Emirates for significant progress towards resuming visas for Bangladeshi nationals and welcomed investment proposals from the country in various sectors. Professor Yunus conveyed his gratitude to Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mobarak Al Nahayan, Cabinet Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence of the UAE, […]

May 5, 2025

At the esteemed VISA Leadership Conclave 2025, held on 27th March 2025 at the Hilton Colombo, DFCC Bank was proudly recognised with the VISA Commercial Solutions Excellence Award 2025 for achieving the Highest Quarter-on-Quarter Issuance Growth on Corporate Cards. This distinguished award acknowledges DFCC Bank’s outstanding performance in expanding its Corporate Card portfolio, […]

April 4, 2025

Colombo, Sri Lanka – April 03, 2025 – Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments, has announced a special campaign to celebrate Sinhala & Tamil New Year in a more festive manner during this season with a series of offers for their cardholders in Sri Lanka. The new festive season campaign by […]

April 2, 2025

Sampath Bank was recognised as the Best Commercial Card Issuer in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive year by Visa, reaffirming its leadership in the commercial payments sector. The accolade was presented at the Visa Leadership Conclave 2025 – Visa Commercial Solutions, held at Hilton Colombo recently. This recognition is based on business volumes and […]

March 30, 2025

Colombo, March 28, 2025: Visa (NYSE: V), the global leader in digital payments reiterated its support to women entrepreneurs across Sri Lanka as a part of its International Women’s Month celebrations across the world, by stating a firm commitment towards financial inclusion and digitization of women-led businesses, and hosted women from different walks of life […]

February 26, 2025

Developed in the VFS Global AI Centres located in India, UAE & Germany and available to UK visa customers in 141 countries globally Leveraging Generative AI-powered conversational chatbot, offering human-like, conversational support Responds to voice and text inputs, effectively catering to a diverse audience VFS Global has recently launched a new Generative AI-powered chatbot to […]

February 5, 2025

Surge in card transactions by tourists was driven largely by in-store use of debit cards Domestic debit spends grew by 45% while cross-border debit spends grew by almost 30% Domestic cardholders in Sri Lanka spent 35%+ more than in 2023 Holiday Season, buoyed by increasing penetration of contactless payments Colombo, February 05, 2025: Visa (NYSE: […]

February 3, 2025

Elite customers of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon are set to experience a new paradigm in service and convenience with the launch of a Visa Signature Elite Debit Card exclusively for them. Coinciding with the revamp of the Bank’s Elite Banking Branch at No 7, R. G. Senanayake Mawatha, (Gregory’s Road) Colombo 7, the launch […]

Visa reaffirms support to Sri Lanka Tourism by holding their Asia Pacific Leadership Summit in Colombo.

ComBank wins ‘Best Cross Border Salience – LMM’ award from Visa

High-level UAE delegates visit Bangladesh

DFCC Bank Honored with VISA Commercial Solutions Excellence Award at the VISA Leadership Conclave 2025

Visa celebrates Sinhala & Tamil New Year with Special Rewards for Sri Lankan Visa Cardholders

Sampath Bank Adjudged Best Commercial Card Issuer by Visa for the Second Successive Year

Visa Commits to Support Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka during International Women’s Month 2025

VFS Global pioneers AI & digital innovation; Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK visa customers in 141 countries

Visa: End-of-Year Tourist Transactions Up by 40% in Sri Lanka This Holiday Season

ComBank takes elite customers to new heights in exclusivity with Visa Signature Elite Debit Card