Standard Chartered adds more
glitter with Visa Platinum Credit Card

By Lakna Paranamanna

Standard Chartered Bank launched their Visa Platinum Credit card inclusive of exceptional privileges and marvellous benefits for select customers.

SCB Consumer Banking Head Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar and Head of Consumer Banking (Bangladesh) Sandeep Bose presenting the first SCB Visa Platinum Credit card to Mutthiah Muralitharan. Pic by Ravindra Dharmatileka

For the first time in Sri Lanka, for every Rs. 100 spent, the SCB visa Platinum Credit Card offers two Platinum points worth Rs. 2 or two air miles across all local or overseas trips. At any point when the customer wishes to redeem the accumulated points, they can just simply do so at any of the partnering travel reward programmes or merchandises locally or globally. Offering more of such ‘first of its kind’ services in Sri Lanka, the SCB Visa Platinum Credit Card is also inclusive of three travel partners in one card, namely Asia Miles, KrisFlyer and the national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines.
Other unique features of this ‘Real Platinum’ would be the ample assortment of merchant partners locally as well as globally. They range from Odel, Hameedias, The Cinnamon Grand, Hilton, Triumph, The Mango Tree, Nihonbashi, Angsana City and Club to some 500 Golf Courses in Asia and many other services globally where the cardholders can enjoy discounts of up to 30% as well as year-round discounts of up to 25%. They also avail themselves to a wide range of both global and local concierge services as well as free automatic travel insurance up to USD 250,000.
The first SCB Visa Platinum Credit card was presented to Mutthiah Muralitharan by SCB Consumer Banking Head, Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar at the launch held yesterday.
“As the Standard Chartered Bank, we are always trying to expand our boundaries to succeed in changing lifestyles and increasing the aspirations of our customers. We are confident that this card will bring unparalleled rewards to our clients,” said the General Manager, Retail Banking Products and Head of Marketing SCB, Sheahan Arasaratnam. He added that with the new dimension of the beneficial programme which they have offered through the SCB Visa Platinum Credit Card, they have moved another step towards bringing more comfort to the lifestyles of their customers.