Sampath Bank (Sri Lanka)

Key details

• Parent: assets

Overview

Sampath Bank (Sri Lanka) is Sri Lanka's #3 largest private commercial bank by assets + CSE: SAMP + first Sri Lankan bank to install ATM network nationwide 1987-1990 ^{1, Sri Lanka report}.

History

Mar 10 1987 — Sampath Bank founded by Susantha Indrasiri Liyanage in Sri Lanka distinctive Sri Lankan banking heritage (first Sri Lankan bank to install ATM network nationwide 1987-1990).

Apr 25 1990 — Sampath Bank CSE listing under ticker SAMP.

2014 — Sampath Bank Mobile Banking app launch distinctive Sri Lankan mobile banking strategy.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Sampath Bank PLC (CSE: SAMP; Sri Lanka's #3 largest private commercial bank by assets).

Major shareholders: Sri Lankan retail + institutional + foreign investors (free-float dominant; no controlling shareholder); Employees' Provident Fund Sri Lanka + Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd minority.

Regulators: CBSL (Central Bank of Sri Lanka).

Technical integration

Sampath Bank Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android) + sampath.lk online + Sampath Bank branch network across Sri Lanka + Sampath Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; LankaQR + CEFT LK + SLIPS LK.

Implementations & partners

Major Sri Lankan banking + payments competitors: Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank Digital) (Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC; CSE: COMB; Sri Lanka's largest private commercial bank) + Hatton National Bank (Sri Lanka) (Hatton National Bank; CSE: HNB; Sri Lanka's #2 largest private commercial bank by assets) + People's Bank Sri Lanka (People's Bank Sri Lanka largest state-owned commercial bank) + Bank of Ceylon (Bank of Ceylon Sri Lanka's #2 state-owned commercial bank) + Seylan Bank (Seylan Bank; CSE: SEYB) + Nations Trust Bank (Nations Trust Bank; CSE: NTB; American Express Sri Lanka exclusive card issuer) + NDB Bank (NDB Bank Sri Lanka; CSE: NDB) + DFCC Bank (DFCC Bank PLC; CSE: DFCC).

Regulator: CBSL.

Status

Active, Sri Lanka's #3 largest private commercial bank by assets ^{1, 2}:

• Sampath Bank PLC (CSE: SAMP) since Mar 10 1987 Sampath Bank founding by Susantha Indrasiri Liyanage + Apr 25 1990 Sampath Bank CSE listing + 2014 Sampath Bank Mobile Banking app launch.
• CBSL regulated.

Sources

• 1 Sampath Bank — official
• 2 Sampath Bank — Wikipedia
• ^{Sri Lanka report} In-corpus: reports/countries/LK-sri-lanka.md

Source

Biography extracted from sampath-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.