Sampath bank - wikipedia Sampath bank This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2017 ) Sampath Bank PLC Type Public limited company Traded as CSE : SAMP. N0000 Industry Finance Founded 1986 Headquarters Colombo 02, Sri Lanka Area served Sri Lanka Products Banking, financial and related services Website www.sampath.lk Sampath Bank PLC is a licensed commercial bank incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1986 with 229 branches and 373 ATMs island wide. It has won the `` Bank of the Year '' award by `` The Banker '' of Financial Times Limited -- London, for the second consecutive year and the `` National Business Excellence Awards 2010 ''. It has become the third largest private sector bank in Sri Lanka with Rs. 453 billion in deposits as of 30 June 2016. Contents 1 History 2 Growth 3 Technology 4 Web card 5 References 6 External links History The bank was originally incorporated as Investment and Credit Bank Limited in 1987. The bank became popularly known as Sampath. In 1988, Sampath Bank started to operate a multi-point network of automated teller machines ( ATMs ) for the first time in the country, as `` Sampath Electronic Teller '' or `` SET ''. Then, with the popularity of ATM banking introduced MasterCard ( in 1989 ), PBU ( Personal Banking Unit ) and Uni-Banking System. The bank was the first to introduce debit cards in South Asia in 1997 and was the first in Sri Lanka to issue a debit card instantly at the time of opening an account. The first ever Cheque Imaging & Truncating ( CIT ) site in Sri Lanka was launched by Sampath Bank in 2004. Since 2009, the bank is the third largest private sector bank in Sri Lanka in terms of total assets. Growth The first office of Sampath bank located at Wijewardhana Mawatha, Colombo 10 and later in 1997, it was moved to Sir James Peiris Mawatha, Colombo 02, Sri Lanka. At the end of the first year, the staff had 94 members. The first ATM operated by the bank was installed in 1986 and at the year end of 2007 it crossed the 150 mark and now the bank is operating over 220 ATMs island wide. In 1996, the bank introduced the `` Tele - banking '' facility. This led to re-engineering of its IT induced banking technology in 1998 and `` SampathNet '' -- Internet Banking facility launched in July 2000. `` Slipless Banking '' is the latest innovation of the bank, where no paper work is required in most of the over-the - counter transactions. This is another first in Sri Lanka, introduced by Sampath Bank. Now the bank operates with total of 229 branches including 12 super branches and 360 ATMs including 8 off - site ATMs. Technology Sampath Bank was the first bank in Sri Lanka to operate with fully computerized database and technologies since its birth in 1986. Sampath bank was the first to introduce automated teller machines to Sri Lanka branded as `` SET '', MasterCard, Personal Banking Unit Facility, Uni Banking System & Debit Cards ( Initially with Cirrus and Maestro and Visa ). After the massive re-engineering work done by the bank for its IT induced banking technology, the bank was able to launch Internet Banking, Internet Payment Gateways and mobile banking services which are on - line 24x7. The Bank become the first in Sri Lanka to introduce one day clearing for all cheques drawn on any Sampath Bank branch, collected by any commercial bank in the island and presented through Sri Lanka Automated Clearing House ( SLACH ). The first ever Cheque Imagine & Truncating ( CIT ) site in Sri Lanka was launched by the bank in October 2004. Sampath Bank won a Gold and Merit Award at the National Best Quality Software Awards 2008 for the in - house category for developing the `` Credit Approval System '' ( CAS ) and `` Electronic Money Transfer '' ( EMTS ) application. It was also honored at the National Science and Technology Awards 2008 for the category of `` Local Developed New Technologies '' which have resulted in a successfully Marketed Product / Service for the product `` Sampath eRemittance System ''. Web card This is a card that is suppose to work as a credit card, but with prior deposits, which makes it almost a debit card again which you can get a few offers. However most of the websites wo n't allow you to pay even if you have enough money in the Web Card even if you have 2 step verification. References Jump up ^ `` Sri Lanka 's Sampath Bank profits surge 54 - pct in June quarter ''. Lanka Business Online. 2016 - 08 - 02. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 02. External links Sampath Bank Official Web Site Sampath General Current Account Award for E-Content Application : Lanka Business Today Report Best Corporate Citizen 2009 : Asian Tribune Report Bank Of the Year : Invest Now Report Lanka Business Online Sampath Bank Expansion : Report by Lanka Business Report Sampath IT Solutions The Banker : Report Banking in Sri Lanka Commercial banks Local Amana Bank BOC Cargills Bank Commercial Bank DFCC Bank HDFC Bank HNB Lankaputhra Development Bank NDB NSB Nations Trust Bank Pan Asia Bank People 's Bank Regional Development Bank Sampath Bank Sanasa Development Bank Seylan Bank Sri Lanka Savings Bank State Mortgage and Investment Bank Union Bank Foreign Axis Bank Citibank Deutsche Bank Habib Bank HSBC ICICI Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank MCB Bank Public Bank Berhad Standard Chartered State Bank of India Other financial institutions Abans Finance Alliance Finance AMW Capital Leasing and Finance Arpico Finance Asia Asset Finance Asian Finance Associated Motor Finance Bimputh Finance BRAC Lanka Finance Capital Alliance Finance Central Finance Central Investments and Finance Chilaw Finance Citizens Development Business Finance City Finance Corporation Commercial Credit and Finance Commercial Leasing and Finance ETI Finance The Finance Company George Steuart Finance HNB Grameen Finance Ideal Finance Kanrich Finance LB Finance LOLC Finance Melsta Regal Finance Mercantile Investments and Finance Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and Finance Multi Finance Nation Lanka Finance Orient Finance People 's Leasing and Finance People 's Merchant Finance Richard Pieris Finance Sarvodaya Development Finance Senkadagala Finance Serendib Finance Singer Finance ( Lanka ) Sinhaputhra Finance Siyapatha Finance Softlogic Finance The Standard Credit Finance Swarnamahal Financial Services TKS Finance Trade Finance & Investments UB Finance Vallibel Finance Interbank Networks Cirrus LankaPay CAS Plus Payment systems LankaPay CEFTS Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System Governing bodies Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ministry of Finance Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sampath_Bank&oldid=851645761 '' Categories : Banks of Sri Lanka Banks established in 1986 Publicly traded companies of Sri Lanka 1986 establishments in Sri Lanka Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2017 All articles needing additional references Pages using deprecated image syntax Pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2012 Articles with unsourced statements from September 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Edit links This page was last edited on 23 July 2018, at 17 : 29 ( UTC ). 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Question: how many sampath bank branches in sri lanka
Answer: 229