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Annual Report 2012 - National Savings Bank

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144BRANCHING OUT INTO NEW VENTURESSUSTAINABILITY REVIEWin South Korea we have establishedlinkages with the Woori <strong>Bank</strong>.We established a new business partnershipwith Visa International and launched theNSB Visa Debit Card that will add to theconvenience of banking with NSB.Changes and improvements to ourinternal systems and procedurescontinued during the year. TheInformation System Reviews wereregularised, increasing efciency of theinformation systems, while the branchdata base cleanup process continued withthe assistance of university aspirants.We implemented a system of selectinga ‘star branch’ from among our branchnetwork to recognise outstandingperformance and to motivate employees.Awards and RecognitionWe are proud to announce that FitchRating awarded the <strong>Bank</strong> with an AAA(lka) rating for the 10th consecutiveyear. Our <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> continued toreceive many accolades during the year.NSB’s <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> for 2011, receivedrecognition from a number of differentsources in <strong>2012</strong>. This is an indication ofthe quality of our reporting and level oftransparency. Our list of awards is givenbelow.1. Awards received for our <strong>Annual</strong><strong>Report</strong> League American CommunicationProfessionals Vision AwardCeremony• The <strong>Bank</strong>’s AR 2011 was amongthe top 50 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>s ofthe Asia Pacic Region• Gold for <strong>Bank</strong>s-Thrift andMortgage Finance Category International ARC Awards• Grand award for Sri Lanka’sBest <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>.• Gold for the Non Traditional<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>• Honors for the Chairman’sreview <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Awards of Instituteof Chartered Accountants of SriLanka• 1st runner up for Award forManagement Commentary• Silver Award for FinancialInstitute Category• Certicate of Merit in thecategory of Public Sector<strong>Bank</strong>ing Institutions at SAFAbest presented <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong>sAwards.The <strong>Bank</strong> also won the award for theBest T+0 Contributor in SLIPS, atthe 10th Anniversary Celebrations ofLanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd. This award isan outstanding achievement by NSBas there were 27 participants, includingCommercial <strong>Bank</strong>s, vying for the award.GOVERNANCE,COMMITMENTS ANDENGAGEMENTWe are Sri Lanka’s leading specialised<strong>Savings</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> with a 100% governmentguarantee. As a public institution, NSBhas a responsibility towards the publicof Sri Lanka and is accountable to thepeople of Sri Lanka. As such, we believeour governance systems and internalprocedures should be oriented towardsmaximum accountability, complianceand transparency. Therefore, the <strong>Bank</strong>NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK . ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong>

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