A strategic collaboration to reshape Sri Lanka’s corporate & SME banking landscape through Intellect’s eMACH.ai platform, driving agility, scalability, and customer-centric growth

Colombo, Sri Lanka / Chennai, India, 3rd February, 2026 – Intellect Design Arena Ltd., a global leader in enterprise-grade financial technology, announces its strategic partnership with Sampath Bank PLC to elevate the Bank’s capabilities to accelerate its Corporate and SME Banking transformation using a state-of-the-art solution that modernizes the Bank’s comprehensive Transaction Banking landscape including Cash Management, Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance, reinforcing Sampath Bank’s commitment to digital excellence and future-ready financial services.

This partnership marks a major step in Sampath Bank’s journey towards building a future-ready, intelligent digital banking enterprise, and reinforces Intellect’s leadership in delivering enterprise-grade transformation through its eMACH.ai architecture, one of the best composable open finance platforms in the world.

The transformation journey was formally initiated with a project kick-off ceremony held in  January, in the presence of Mr. Sanjaya Gunawardana, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Sampath Bank PLC, Mr. Ramanan SV, CEO – India and South Asia, Intellect Design Arena Ltd., along with the corporate leadership teams from Sampath Bank and Intellect, marking the shared commitment to this landmark corporate banking transformation. The ceremony marked the formal alignment of vision, strategy, and execution teams across both organisations, reinforcing a shared commitment to delivering a scalable, future-ready Corporate & SME banking platform that will drive long-term business impact, operational resilience, and enhanced customer experience.

A new benchmark for Sri Lanka’s corporate banking landscape

The Sri Lankan banking industry stands at a pivotal moment of digital reinvention, driven by evolving customer expectations and rapid technological advancements. Sampath Bank, known for its consistent innovation and customer-centricity, is setting a new benchmark in corporate & SME banking by adopting a phased modernisation roadmap designed and powered by Intellect.

Through this collaboration, Sampath Bank will modernise its corporate banking operations across Cash Management and Supply Chain Finance, delivering a unified digital experience for its corporate and SME clientele.

The transformation will be anchored by two of Intellect’s flagship digital platforms:

• Cash Management System (CMS): A next-generation platform offering real-time liquidity visibility, automated payment workflows, and intelligent reconciliation, designed to enhance working capital efficiency for corporates.
• Supply Chain Finance (SCF): A dynamic platform that enables data-driven working capital optimisation, empowering the Bank to deliver flexible, transparent, and secure financing across supplier and distributor ecosystems.

eMACH.ai – The architecture of composability and intelligence

At the heart of this transformation lies Intellect’s eMACH.ai, a design-led architecture that brings together microservices, APIs, cloud, and AI into a unified platform. The composable design of eMACH.ai allows banks to build, integrate, and scale new business capabilities at speed – without disrupting existing systems.

For Sampath Bank, this means:

• Speed to market: The ability to roll out new products and journeys faster than traditional monolithic systems allow.
• Scalability and flexibility: The capacity to adapt to changing business environments and regulatory needs with minimal rework.
• Embedded intelligence: Real-time analytics and predictive insights that drive smarter decisions across cash, trade, and supply chain ecosystems.
• Open integration: Seamless interoperability with core systems, partner networks, and fintech ecosystems.

This composable and intelligent approach will enable Sampath Bank to continuously innovate, enhance customer experiences, and reinforce its position as a technology-driven leader in Sri Lanka’s financial landscape

Sanjaya Gunawardana, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Sampath Bank PLC, said, “This transformation marks a strategic leap towards building a digitally empowered, future-ready corporate banking ecosystem. By adopting Intellect’s eMACH.ai-powered platforms, we are strengthening our ability to deliver world-class experiences to our corporate & SME customer segment. We are excited to embark on this journey with Intellect and look forward to unlocking new innovation opportunities that reinforce Sampath’s leadership in digital banking.”

Ramanan SV, CEO, India and South Asia, Intellect Design Arena Ltd., said, “Our partnership with Sampath Bank reflects Intellect’s unwavering commitment to reimagining banking through design, technology, and intelligence. With eMACH.ai, we are empowering Sampath Bank to build a composable and scalable digital ecosystem that accelerates innovation, improves operational efficiency, and delivers measurable business outcomes. This collaboration goes beyond platform deployment. It represents a shared vision to shape the future of corporate banking in Sri Lanka.”

About Sampath Bank

Sampath Bank PLC is a licensed public limited commercial bank in Sri Lanka, incorporated on 10 March 1986 and headquartered in Colombo. Over the past three decades, the Bank has pioneered excellence in the country’s financial services sector, building a strong and trusted network of customers and shareholders while shaping a world-class banking institution. Guided by a clear vision to transform lives by unlocking financial potential, Sampath Bank operates with a strong foundation of innovation, integrity, and empathy, and remains committed to nurturing financial well-being, enabling sustainable growth, and contributing to Sri Lanka’s long-term economic prosperity through customer-centric banking solutions across corporate, SME, and retail segments.

About Intellect Design Arena Limited

Intellect Design Arena Ltd is a global leader in AI-First, enterprise-grade financial technology, architected from first principles to deliver measurable business impact at scale. With three decades of domain expertise, Intellect delivers composable, intelligent platforms across Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Central Banking, Wealth, Capital Markets, Treasury, Insurance and Digital Technology for Commerce. Applying First Principles Thinking and Design Thinking, Intellect has elementalised financial services into a finite set of Events, Microservices and APIs, enabling faster, modular transformation with predictable and measurable outcomes.

At the heart of this AI-First architecture are eMACH.ai, the world’s most comprehensive, composable and intelligent open finance platform; Purple Fabric, the world’s first Open Business Impact AI platform; and iTurmeric, a composable integration and configuration platform. A pioneer in applying Design Thinking at enterprise scale, Intellect’s 8012 FinTech Design Center – the world’s first Design Center dedicated to Design Thinking principles, underscores its commitment to continuous, outcome-driven innovation. Intellect serves over 500+ customers across 61 countries, supported by a global workforce of domain, solution and technology experts. For more information, visit www.intellectdesign.com