Why this page has the highest return per minute
Most late payments aren't refusals, they're friction. The client meant to pay, then couldn't find your account number, then forgot. Every field below removes one excuse between "invoice received" and "money sent". Of everything on this site, these five minutes move your cash flow the most.
Which details, and why each one
| Field | Why the client needs it |
|---|---|
| Bank name | So the transfer goes to the right bank (Commercial vs Sampath matters) |
| Account name | Must match: banks flag mismatched names on some transfers |
| Account number | The actual destination; double-check every digit |
| Branch | Useful for slips and older transfer methods |
Bank details
Commercial Bank: Kamal Perera
A/C: 1234567890 • Nugegoda Branch
Payable within 7 days of invoice date
How bank details appear on your ganna.lk invoice, typed once, printed every time.
Payment terms that get you paid faster
- Always state a due date. “Payable within 7 days of invoice date” beats no date at all. No date means “whenever”, and whenever means late.
- Match the term to the job. Walk-in retail: “Payable on receipt”. Regular clients: 7–14 days. Bigger B2B jobs: 30 days is standard.
- Custom work? Take an advance. 50% upfront is normal in Sri Lanka for tailoring, printing, fabrication, state it on the quotation, not just the invoice.
- Late-fee wording (“2% per month on overdue balances”) works as a nudge, but only put it on invoices if the client agreed to it beforehand.
The “account number please?” tax
Every invoice without bank details costs you a round-trip of messages: they ask, you reply, they mistype a digit, you correct it. Put the details on the invoice once and that conversation never happens again. It's the smallest change on this page and the one clients notice most.