Sanjay Wijemanne, COO, HNB.
Channa de Silva, CEO, LankaPay.
HNB has enabled online payments to all government institutions connected to LankaPay’s Online Payment Platform via its Transaction Banking (TxB) platform, allowing every HNB TxB client across the SME, Business Banking, Emerging Corporates, and Corporate Banking segments to make payments to government and regulatory bodies through a single online portal.
The government billers now available through HNB TxB include Sri Lanka Customs (Automated System for Customs Data), the Board of Investments, Central Depository Systems, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Fisheries, the Sri Lanka Export Development Board, the Employees’ Provident Fund, the Import and Export Control Department, the Inland Revenue Department, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Sri Lanka Standards Institution and all 306 government institutions connected to GovPay. Clients can now settle payments to these institutions in real time through a single secure channel, eliminating the need for manual, institution-by-institution submissions.
Sanjay Wijemanne, Chief Operating Officer, HNB said: “With this activation, every HNB TxB client, from SMEs to large corporates, can manage their payments to several government institutions and regulatory bodies through a single portal. It replaces manual processes with one online channel that is faster and easier to reconcile. As more government institutions move towards fully digital payment processes, our clients can make these transitions seamlessly through HNB TxB.”
As the operator of Sri Lanka’s national payment network, LankaPay provides the central payment infrastructure to the country’s financial sector. Its Online Payment Platform allows businesses and the public to make real-time payments to state institutions, especially high-value transactions that cannot be made as regular fund transfers.
