ComBank spikes shopping fever with biggest card promo to date

Saturday, 23 November 2024 04:34

ComBank spikes shopping fever with biggest card promo to date

Businesscafe - As festive shopping begins to dominate consumer thoughts, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has unveiled its annual year-end discounts bonanza for credit and debit card holders, heralding another season of great bargains.

The Bank has announced that 4,000 merchant outlets across Sri Lanka will offer discounts of up to 50% on selected days up to 31st December 2024, exclusively to its cardholders.

These discounts will be offered by 187 merchant partners retailing clothing and fashion accessories, 62 lifestyle products partners, 26 partners retailing shoes and leatherware, 74 hotel partners, 22 jewellery partners, 18 healthcare partners, nine salon, spa and cosmetics partners, five supermarket partners, nine automobile partners, six watches and accessories partners, and seven dining partners, the Bank said.

Additionally, 90 online vendor partners will offer discounts to ComBank credit and debit card holders during the promotion period.

Commenting on the promotion, the Head of Commercial Bank’s Card Centre Mr Nishantha De Silva said:


“Our seasonal card promotion gets bigger every year, with more merchant partners joining the programme as the cardholder base keeps growing.


This has made the Commercial Bank card promotion one of the most anticipated in the industry, as well as one of the most varied in terms of the products and services on offer.


It’s an excellent opportunity to save while celebrating the festive season.”

He said the participating merchants represent the largest collection of offers this season, with numerous discounts available across a wide range of outlets, providing amazing benefits to customers.


Commercial Bank cards are the fastest growing credit cards in Sri Lanka and enjoy market leadership in credit and debit card cumulative point-of-sale usage.


The Bank offers a variety of credit cards in the Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers of Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay; LankaPay JCB branded credit cards in the Platinum, Gold and Classic tiers and Visa Signature, World Mastercard, Visa Infinite, UnionPay Asia Prestige Platinum and UnionPay Asia Prestige Diamond cards in the premium segment.


The cards are equipped with ‘Tap ’n Go’ NFC technology and are backed by a strong NFC Point-of-Sale (POS) network.

Commercial Bank credit and debit cards offer year-round promotions covering a wide variety of services.


Commercial Bank was the first bank to offer loyalty rewards for both credit and debit card holders under its Max Loyalty Rewards Points scheme.


The Bank was also a pioneer in extending promotional discount offers which were traditionally only offered for credit cards to its debit cards.

Commercial Bank is the first Sri Lankan bank to be listed among the Top 1000 Banks of the World and has the highest market capitalization in the Banking Sector in the Colombo Stock Exchange.


The Bank is the largest lender to Sri Lanka’s SME sector, is a leader in digital innovation and is Sri Lanka’s first 100% carbon neutral bank.


Commercial Bank operates a strategically located network of branches and automated machines island-wide, and has the widest international footprint among Sri Lankan banks, with 20 outlets in Bangladesh, a Microfinance company in Myanmar, and a fully-fledged Tier I Bank with a majority stake in the Maldives.

Last modified on Saturday, 23 November 2024 05:09