The Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s remarkable near two-and-a-half-decade run as Sri Lanka’s best bank was recognised on the global stage recently when Mr Sanath Manatunge, the Bank’s Managing Director/CEO accepted the 24th Best Bank award presented to the Bank by Global Finance.

The Global Finance Annual Awards ceremony for 2026 was held at the Dusit Thani Bangkok, coinciding with the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings.

Commercial Bank also received the Global Finance accolade for the Best Islamic Bank in Sri Lanka at the same event.

Global Finance’s ‘World’s Best Banks 2026’ awards recognised top-performing banks in more than 150 countries, territories and districts across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Central America, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and Western Europe.

Pictured here is Mr Sanath Manatunge flanked by Mr Chris Giarraputo, Managing Director – Operations at Global Finance and Mr Navin Dulani, Head of APAC at Intellect, at the magazine’s annual awards event in Thailand.