Amãna Bank recently inaugurated its first remote ATM at the premises of Fantasia Elastics (Pvt) Limited in Mt Lavinia. The off-site ATM located at Post Master’s Place off Templers Road, Mount Lavinia will allow customers within the busy industrial vicinity to access their accounts 24 hours a day, providing greater convenience.

The ATM was declared open by Chief Executive Officer of Amãna Bank, Mr Mohamed Azmeer along with Managing Director of Fantasia Elastics, Mr Hameed Ashraff with the presence of Senior Management staff from both organizations.

Commenting on the launch of the off-site ATM, Mr Azmeer said “The inauguration of this ATM will benefit the customers of the Bank working in close proximity. I would like to convey our gratitude to the Managing Director and staff of Fantasia for providing us with this great location to establish our first off-site ATM.”

Also commenting Mr Hameed Ashraff said “We are happy that Amãna Bank installed their first remote ATM at our business premises. The main benefactor of this ATM will be our staff, who will now be able to Bank at our very own doorstep.”

Amãna Bank’s VISA Debit Card provides easy access to customer accounts from over 2 million ATMs in more than 200 countries and territories across the world, while also being globally accepted at millions of merchant locations.

Amãna Bank is the first Licensed Commercial Bank in Sri Lanka to operate in complete harmony with the non-interest based Islamic banking model and is listed on the Diri Savi Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange. The Bank was recently recognized as the World’s Best ‘Up-and-Comer’ Islamic Bank by ‘Global Finance Magazine’ at the 18th Annual World’s Best Banks Award Ceremony 2014 held in Washington DC, USA, which coincided with the annual IMF and World Bank Conference. Powered by the stability and the support of its strategic shareholders including, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad, AB Bank in Bangladesh and The Islamic Development Bank based in Saudi Arabia, Amãna Bank is making strong inroads within the Sri Lankan banking industry and is focused on capitalizing the growing market potential for its unique banking model across the country.

Photo caption: (Above) Amãna Bank CEO Mr Mohamed Azmeer opening the off-site ATM and (below) the first transaction by Managing Director of Fantasia Mr Hameed Ashraff. Amãna Bank CEO Mr Mohamed Azmeer and VP-Operations and Business Support Mr M.M.S Quvylidh look on