Hatton National Bank the Largest Private sector bank in Sri Lanka with over hundred years in existen

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• Hatton National Bank the Largest Private sector
  bank in Sri Lanka with over hundred years in
  existence started a formal financial education
  initiative in 1989.
• Sri Lanka faced two youth uprisings
  (insurrections) one in 1971 another one in 1988
  this mainly due high unemployment in rural areas.
• HNB being a national bank felt it was time , lay
  foundation for long term program to take banking
  to the youth and the rural poor.
• THE PROGRAM STEERED IN TWO FRONTIERS(1989)
• 1) Linking Children and Youth to the Bank
• (Nana Pubuduwa)
• 2) Linking Rural and Poor to the Bank
• (GamiPubuduwa)

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• HNB currently 180 branches island
• wide, and each branch manger is
• entrusted the task of adopting three
• schools.
• Bank has already obtained formal
• approval from ministry of education
• for this program.
• Banks sets up mini student bank with
• the school and initially train 5 students
• as leaders.

• Various competitions are organized
• under the bank sponsorship for not
• only in the area of savings , banking
• but also to surface the skills, in
• art, music, drama and creativity
• in children.

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APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNMENT
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• Over the last 3 years the bank has built over 150
  libraries in the
• remotest schools Right across the country.
• The continuous upgrading of these libraries with
  books and other
• infrastructure as well as supplying libraries
  with Personal Computers
• for the use of children is being imitated.
• Through a educational programme and partnering
  children through
• a relationship With the bank, has brought in
  initial economic life to the
• student population in the remote villages.

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• Every year all Island one major
• conference and 8 regional
• conference is held all the Student
• Managers.
• These Student Managers in turn
• strategically implement the financial
• education program in their respective
• schools

• The conferences not only test of
• leadership of the student managers
• but also discus strategies inculcate
• saving habit among their
• fellow students

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• HNB has around 200 student banking branches link
  to 180 Island wide branch network.
• Around 1,000 student Leaders manage these student
  branches under the close supervision of HNBS
  branch officials.
• In the last ten years over 15,000 student
  managers are trained
• passed out of schools.

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• Over 500,000 students saves with HNB, and has
  become loyal young customers.
• The Bank holds over Rs.5 Billion (50 million) in
  savings accounts of the students.
• Over 20000 new accounts are annually opened
  bringing in nearly Rs. 200 Million to the Bank.

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• Students as well as parents
• Of the students open
• Savings accounts at a
• Newly open Student bank

• Young Students line up to
• open new accounts and
• obtained free Elephant Till.

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• Gami Pubuduwa Village Awakening
• HNBs Gami Pubuduwa is not merely single
  minded micro finance initiative.
• Gami Pubuduwa is a revolutionary concept not only
  awaken rural people economically but are link to
  program which is called Nana Pubuduwa
  (Knowledge Awakening)

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• HNBs Nana Pubudua
• in order to create financial
• discipline and interest,
• brings in other educative
• programs like, entrepreneur
• skills, Agriculture, health
• care. entrepreneur skills etc.

• The Attendance at HNBs
• Nana Pubuduwa much
• Greater and keen interest is
• Shown to understand the
• Benefits of savings

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• HNBs micro finance
• field office on the
• grassroots level further
• relate the financial
• education
• initiative in application

• Regular Meetings at the
• village level to discuss the
• benefit of the Nana
• Pubuduwa and obtain
• further ideas from villages
• to bringing in new
• disciplines

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• For the Last Two decades the Impact Created
• Over 100000 Micro entrepreneurs finance extending
  credit to the value of Rs.6 billion (60 million
  dollars).
• Through closely holding hands, nearly 10 MC are
  graduated to SME level
• Direct employment created to over 400000 people
  who employed.
• On going financial education program for
  employees of the micro entrepreneurs and their
  families.

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