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Fitch upgrades 3 Sri Lanka bank-owned NBFIs following parent rating upgrades

Outlooks stable

November 4, 2026 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s CAL eyes US$1.5tn frontier market reach with AFC deal

Links CAL’s home presence in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with AFC’s operational desks in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Iraq

November 4, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank projects 18-pct profit growth next year under steady interest rates

The Bank has reached Rs.1 trn asset base in September quarter of 2026

November 3, 2026 3 min read

Sri Lanka Seylan Bank Sept quarter net profit rises 6-pct to Rs3.1bn

The banking group posted basic earnings per share of 4.82 rupees for the third quarter (Q3),

November 2, 2026 2 min read
Sri Lanka Softlogic Finance Sept quarter swings to Rs101mn loss

The group posted an annualised basic loss per share of Rs. 0.42 for the second quarter (Q2), down from annualised basic

Sri Lanka central bank seeks panel for troubled bank resolutions

Has called for expressions of interest from qualified parties to serve on a panel of administrators

October 25, 2026 1 min read

Over third of Sri Lanka’s listed firms fail to cover interest bills: Central Bank

October 12, 2026 2 min read

Nearly a quarter of Sri Lanka's financial sector loans backed by vehicles, gold: Report

Share of motor vehicle credit and gold-backed loans in total financial sector credit rose to 24.9 percent by end-June 26

October 12, 2026 3 min read

Sampath Bank, Bancstac partner to bring Google Pay to Sri Lanka merchants

Sampath Bank partners with Bancstac to enable Google Pay acceptance for merchants

October 6, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank to raise up to Rs50bn in debentures, green bonds

October 2, 2026 1 min read

Fitch upgrades Bank of Ceylon's IDRs to B-‌, VR to b-‌

October 2, 2026 1 min read

Bimputh Lanka liquidation moves ahead despite Supreme Court case

Bimputh applied to the Supreme Court for leave to appeal under application SC/HCLA No. 12/2025.

September 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s NDB Bank fraud hits Rs13.6bn as Deloitte finalizes forensic probe

The bank assured stakeholders that it is "a lesson well learnt" after shareholders paid price of declined share value,

September 29, 2026 4 min read

Sri Lanka central bank seeks bids for EDS system

Procurement of an enterprise data solution system as regulator seeks to strengthen its data management and analytics

September 27, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Pan Asia Bank to raise up to Rs5bn with debenture sale

September 25, 2026 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank appoints Dilip de S Wijeyeratne deputy chairman

Wijeyeratne has experience across banking, finance, risk management and compliance, investment banking and treasury,

September 11, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka central bank seeks liquidators to handle troubled banks, finance companies

Appointment of a Pool of Liquidators for the purpose of winding up of Licensed Banks and Licensed Finance Companies,

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka to make unauthorized forex transfers a criminal offence

Follows ongoing investigation into a fraud where 74 billion rupees was transferred overseas across 10,151 transactions

August 18, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka's People's Bank 'AA-(lka)' affirmed by Fitch Ratings

Potential downside risks to economic conditions may weigh on PB's business generation and earnings, similar to peers.

August 3, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka regulator to begin Nation Lanka depositor compensation via People’s Bank

The payments will be made through over-the-counter cash payments, crediting to existing People’s Bank accounts

July 30, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank wins Sumathi award for digital commercial

Sampath Bank wins Sumathi Award for digital commercial in its second consecutive year

July 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank offers Google Pay for visa and mastercard holders

Googly Pay is now available on Android devices for Sampath Mastercard and Visa Credit and Debit Cardholders.

July 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka regulator cancels Nation Lanka Finance license, winding up begins

Follows extensive, unsuccessful resolution efforts initiated last July

July 3, 2026 4 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank wins 3 awards at World Finance

Sri Lanka’s Best Retail Bank, Best Commercial Bank, and Best Corporate Governance – Sri Lanka 2026

July 2, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka to digitize central bank’s supervision dept with ADB help

Department generates vast volume of documents that must be reviewed, stored, and retrieved.

July 1, 2026 1 min read
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