Sarvodaya Development Finance (SDF), Sri Lanka’s first development finance company won the Merit Award in the banking and finance sector category at BestWeb.lk 2022 awards, organized by the LK Domain registry. The 12th edition of the BestWeb.lk awards ceremony featured Sri Lanka’s leading brands and companies with innovative websites. Significantly, Sarvodaya Development Finance’s website went up against those of many leading banks and finance companies in the country, and still managed to achieve this recognition in the category.
Commenting on the award win, a spokesperson from the IT team of Sarvodaya Development Finance PLC said “We are incredibly cognizant of the shifts occurring in the world today, and one of the most significant amongst these is the advent of digital finance and technology. In this modern environment, our website is akin to a flagship branch in cyberspace, and our research shows the overwhelming preference for access through digital channels among our customers. As a result, we have invested heavily in ensuring that our website is user-friendly and provides an interesting, engaging and exciting user journey. Therefore, it is a great pride, privilege and honour to have been selected to receive the Merit Award in the Banking and Finance category at BestWeb.lk Awards 2022. We thank the organizers and we thank our customers, whose feedback has helped us achieve this accolade.”
SDF’s website has been designed by a highly-skilled creative team, supported by UI/UX professionals, to encompass an attractive and user-friendly interface, convenient language translation, on-the-fly resizable fonts to improve accessibility, and a range of convenient tools including a loan calculator and dial contact option for quick and easy reference and access to support. Special attention has also been paid to site navigation to make it intuitive and simple for customers to navigate through SDF’s portfolio of financial products and services, investor information and other details.
SDF is the first formal financial institution to channel private sector investments into low- and mid-income groups in the country becoming the first impact investment finance company Listed on Colombo Stock Exchange. SDF fulfills its mission to foster sustainable development by providing not only a range of financial services, but also by conducting educational programs to develop successful entrepreneurs by organizing specialized programs on management, digital marketing, finance, and related other subject matters, and by targeting small and medium enterprises(SMEs) from all parts of the country.