{"id":151262,"date":"2025-08-07T15:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=151262"},"modified":"2025-08-07T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:34:58","slug":"ndb-bank-joins-hands-with-international-scholar-to-enhance-access-to-overseas-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/08\/07\/ndb-bank-joins-hands-with-international-scholar-to-enhance-access-to-overseas-education\/","title":{"rendered":"NDB Bank Joins Hands with International Scholar to Enhance Access to Overseas Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Development Bank PLC<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

NDB Bank is proud to announce its latest partnership with International Scholar, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s most reputed education consultancy firms, with the aim of making overseas education more financially accessible and stress-free for Sri Lankan students and their families. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was officially signed on July 20, 2025, at the Bank\u2019s Head Office in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signing the MOU on behalf of NDB Bank were Mr. Sanjaya Perera, Senior Vice President \u2013 Personal Banking & Customer Experience, and Mr. Zeyan Hameed, Vice President \u2013 Retail Banking. Representing International Scholar were Mr. Keerthi Jayasuriya, Chief Executive Officer, and Mrs. Ruckmalie Jayasuriya, Director and Chief Counsellor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a distinguished track record spanning decades, International Scholar has been a pioneer in international student placements, supporting thousands of Sri Lankan students in securing university admissions across the UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. Their expertise in academic counselling, visa assistance, and post-arrival support has made them a preferred partner for students and parents navigating the complexities of studying abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of this collaboration, NDB Bank will provide specially curated financial solutions including education loans, student file facilities, and foreign remittance services\u2014offering families a seamless and dependable financial foundation as they plan their global academic journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on the partnership, Mr. Sanjaya Perera remarked, We are delighted to partner with International Scholar, whose values of commitment and excellence closely mirror those of NDB. By combining their advisory expertise with our financial support, we hope to create a comprehensive platform that enables Sri Lankan youth to step confidently into their international academic pursuits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This partnership is another step in NDB\u2019s journey to be more than a bank, an enabler of life\u2019s most defining milestones. By supporting educational aspirations through robust financial solutions, NDB Bank reaffirms its dedication to uplifting the nation, one future at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDB Bank is the fourth-largest listed commercial bank in Sri Lanka. NDB was named Sri Lanka’s Best Bank for Corporates at Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024 and was awarded Domestic Retail Bank of the Year – Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Domestic Project Finance Bank of the Year by Asian Banking and Finance Magazine (Singapore) Awards 2024. NDB is the parent company of the NDB Group, comprising capital market subsidiary companies, together forming a unique banking and capital market services group. The Bank is committed to empowering the nation and its people through meaningful financial and advisory services powered by digital banking solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Development Bank PLC NDB Bank is proud to announce its latest partnership with International Scholar, one of Sri Lanka\u2019s most reputed education consultancy firms, with the aim of making overseas education more financially accessible and stress-free for Sri Lankan students and their families. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was officially signed on July 20, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}