{"id":18201,"date":"2026-10-16T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=18201"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:34:44","slug":"sampath-bank-continues-its-pioneering-commitment-to-sri-lankas-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/?p=18201","title":{"rendered":"Sampath Bank Continues Its Pioneering Commitment to Sri Lanka\u2019s SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 6th Sampath Bank SME Business Circle, organised for small and medium-sized business owners in the Galle and Matara regions, was successfully held recently. The event featured an insightful panel discussion on the growth, competitiveness and future business opportunities for SMEs, with representatives from Sampath Bank, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Sri Lanka Export Development Board participating in the discussion. Going beyond traditional financial solutions for SMEs, Sampath Bank provided valuable insights into the financial solutions, knowledge and new business opportunities available to support business growth. The event also marked the official launch of the Sampath Bank SME Credit Card, alongside a special presentation on Sampath Bank\u2019s Private Banking services. The event further reinforced Sampath Bank\u2019s continued commitment to providing SMEs with the support, knowledge and opportunities required to strengthen their businesses, pursue growth and unlock future opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Mirror <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 6th Sampath Bank SME Business Circle, organised for small and medium-sized business owners in the Galle and Matara regions, was successfully held recently. The event featured an insightful panel discussion on the growth, competitiveness and future business opportunities for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18203,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18201\/revisions\/18203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterprisenews.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}