SampathCards Announces More Timely Offers and Additional Relief Measures to Support Cardholders

~ Offers 0% interest Extended Settlement Plans, Discounts, Cash Backs and Much More ~

Colombo, June 29^th, 2021: Continuing to offer greater assistance to cardholders during the current global health and financial crisis, SampathCards rolled out a host of additional benefits and privileges to Sampath Mastercard / Visa Credit and Debit Cardholders as well as Sampath Bank American Express Credit Cardmembers on a wide range of essential expenses.

SampathCards is extending its support to cardholders to meet their medical expenses. Cardholders can convert transactions made at any local hospital and COVID-19 Intermediate Care Centre around the island into 6 and 12 months 0% Interest Extended Settlement Plans. This is applicable for transactions of over Rs. 25,000 made using Sampath Mastercard and Visa Credit Cards as well as Sampath Bank American Express^® Credit Cards from now until 31^st December 2021.

Transactions exceeding Rs. 15,000 made at any Educational Institution by Sampath Mastercard and Visa Credit Cardholders as well as Sampath Bank American Express Credit Cardmembers can convert those transactions into six months 0% Interest Extended Settlement Plans. Eligibility extends up to a maximum of 3 transactions per Cardholder till 30^th September 2021.

SampathCards is offering Sampath Mastercard and Visa Credit Cardholders cashbacks of 5%, up to Rs. 500 per transaction, and free doorstep delivery when purchasing groceries and other essentials from Keells on www.keellssuper.com and the Keells app. This is applicable to all bills over Rs. 2,500 till 30^th June 2021.

A cashback of 10% is also on offer on utility bill payments made online using Sampath Mastercard and Visa Credit Cards via partner websites, partner mobile apps, Sampath Payeasy.lk and the Sampath Automated Bill Settlement (SABS) facility. This is applicable to payments made to Ceylon Electricity Board, Lanka Electricity Company (Pvt) Ltd, National Water Supply & Drainage Board, Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Dialog Axiata PLC, Dialog Broadband Networks (Pvt) Ltd, Dialog Television (Pvt) Ltd, Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Bell Ltd and SLT Mobitel (Fixed & Mobile). Cardholders can receive cashbacks of up to Rs.500/- on applicable payments made between 28^th May and 30^th June 2021.

Cardholders can save more when purchasing medicines online on www.mymed.lk and www.quickmed.lk using their Sampath Mastercard / Visa Credit Cards and Sampath Debit Cards. SampathCards is offering savings of 15% on the total bill for all Sampath Mastercard / Visa Credit Cardholders and 10% for all Sampath Debit Cardholders on purchases made on www.mymed.lk from 1^st to 15^th June 2021 and 1^st to 15^th July 2021. On www.quickmed.lk, a discount of 15% is on offer for payments made with Sampath Mastercard / Visa Credit Cards and 12% on those paid with Sampath Debit Cards between 16^th and 30^th June 2021.

SampathCards is also offering discounts of Rs. 500 on orders of over Rs. 2,000 on PickMe Food and PickMe Market for all Sampath Credit and Debit Cardholders. This is applicable to a maximum of 2 orders on each vertical, made between 5^th and 30^th June 2021. Cardholders can utilize this offer by using the promo codes of SBFJN and SBMJN on PickMe Food and PickMe Market, respectively.

Taking the recent travel restrictions into account and to extending their support for the cardholder to overcome the hardship in this challenging situation, SampathCards had implemented several relief measures towards their customers. SampathCards extended the payment due dates to 30^th June 2021 for cards with due dates falling between 19^th May and 28^th June 2021. To ease the financial burden, SampathCards will be refunding any interest charge applicable for the billing period if the total outstanding balance is settled in full by 30^th June 2021. Furthermore, upon settlement of  the total outstanding balance or the minimum due payment by 30^th June, the bank will refund late payments charges applicable for the period and all these refunds will be appear in the next card statement.

These latest benefits and privileges are yet another reflection of SampathCards’ steadfast commitment to delivering greater value to its cardholders. Offering them its support during these trying times, SampathCards has continued to roll out a series of relief measures since the onset of this pandemic. This has included extensions on payment dates, interest and late payment charge waivers, reductions in minimum due payments and interest rates as well as a wide range of additional discounts and benefits