Sri Lanka's state run Bank of Ceylon has expanded its services inside camps housing nearly 280,000 refugees in the north of the island, adding mobile computerized branches housed in shipping containers.
Last week the bank added four retail units to its existing branch in the Manik Farm refugee camp complex in the northern Vavuniya district.
"These are fully fledged semi-permanent banking units that even have automated teller machines (ATM) facilities," says chairman Gamini Wickramasinghe.
He said most public servants inside the camps despite receiving wages and pensions have no means of withdrawing cash. Read more ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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