HNB PLC, Sri Lanka's leading private sector bank, has enabled online payments to all government institutions connected to LankaPay’s Online Payment Platform via its Transaction Banking (TxB) platform with effect from 1 September 2026, 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 one secure channel, removing the need for manual, institution-by-institution submissions.

HNB Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Wijemanne 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 which cannot be made as a regular fund transfers

LankaPay CEO Channa de Silva said: "LankaPay Online Payment Platform was launched in 2017 to give businesses and the public a real-time, secure way to make payments to government institutions. HNB bringing all registered billers onto its transaction banking platform extends this reach across its corporate client base is a positive move towards facilitating the digital transformation of the state sector and the country’s journey towards a fully digitally enabled economy."

With several government institutions connected to the LankaPay Online Payment Platform already mandating online payments, HNB’s extension of the platform across TxB supports this shift and the Government’s broader digitalisation agenda for public payment services