HNB Pathum Vimana, now in its sixteenth year, holds the distinction of being the first scheme to provide customers with incentives to not only save regularly, but also build substantial savings accounts and be eligible to win great prizes that total millions of rupees.  As HNB customers will endorse, Pathum Vimana is the one scheme where the saving habit pays out more than its own reward and it just keeps on getting bigger and better each year - with great prizes for everyone, everywhere, all year round.

This year, the line-up of prizes is, as always, encouragingly attractive. There is an amazing Rs. 20,000/- up for grabs – daily.  If one misses out on this one, there is a prize of Rs. 1 million on offer, every week!  Account-holders can avail themselves of the opportunity to be part of the TV Game Show where there are no losers  – and the prizes range from Rs. 5,000/- to Rs.100,000/-. Then of course, there is the Regional Draw, now also known as ‘Gamin Gamata’ which has a total of eight Suzuki ‘Alto’ cars – worth Rs. 1, 600,000/- each – as prizes. The big prizes come up at the end of the year – and these are worth waiting for. The prize in the Year-End Grand Draw is a luxury house worth Rs. 10 million! There is yet another prize in the Year-End Premium Draw:  A brand-new Mercedes Benz ‘E’ Class valued at Rs.30 million.

Naturally, there are conditions that govern eligibility. To be in the Year-End Grand Draw, the Weekly Millionaire Draw and the Daily Cash Draw, account-holders will need to maintain a balance of Rs. 10,000/- in a Savings, Singithi or Current Account for a period of one calendar month immediately prior to the respective Draws – except for the Daily Draw, which, of course, will be held every working day. The Regional Draw requires just Rs. 5,000/- to be maintained in a Savings or Singithi account for the usual one calendar month prior to the Draw to be eligible.  To participate in the TV Game Show however, would-be winners are required to make a new deposit of Rs.10,000/- and collect an entry coupon – available at every HNB Customer Centre. To be eligible for the Year-End Premium Draw calls for extra effort:  A balance of Rs.100,000/- in a Savings or Singithi Account, or Rs. 50,000/- in a Current Account must be maintained for a period of one calendar month prior to the Draw. Account-holders can qualify for more chances at all Draws, the number of which will depend on the amount in the Account – one extra chance for every multiple of the minimum amount required and the period – one extra chance for every month this balance has been maintained.