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Sri Lanka finance companies raise Rs12.5bn in new capital

Another 12 companies are in the process of consolidation

January 31, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka bank pays China fertilizer firm after court order lifted

Ahead of visit by Chinese minister

January 8, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Alliance Finance gets US$5mn from EMF Microfinance Fund

After FMO funding

January 4, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka orders housing loans to be given at prime lending rate

After 5 years AWPR plus 200bp

January 3, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka lenders, Bank of China eye Port City for offshore banking

The banks will provide services to offshore customers and serve business within the Port City

Sri Lanka’s HNB Rs12bn debenture issue oversubscribed

Received applications for over LKR 12,000,000,000

Sri Lanka’s Dialog to curb loan portfolio, deposits of Colombo Trust Finance

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata said it will retain all employees of Colombo Trust Finance, a financ...

October 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's PABC gets US$33mn credit line for renewable energy

Sri Lanka's PABC Bank said it had wrapped up a 33 million US dollar credit line from an international climate change fun...

October 10, 2017 1 min read

Fitch confirms ratings on small and mid-sized Sri Lankan banks

ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings Lanka said it has confirmed the National Long-Term Ratings on five small and mid-sized Sri L...

October 3, 2017 8 min read

Sri Lanka commercial bank loan volumes ease; CB credit negative in July

Sri Lanka's bank credit to private and state fell to 32 billion rupees in July 2017 from 64 billion rupees a month earli...

October 2, 2017 2 min read

Capital of Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon raised

The paid up capital of Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon has been raised from 10 billion rupees to 15 billion rupees,...

September 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Dialog Telecom enters financial sector buying non-bank lender

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has bought a controlling stake in Colombo Trust Finance PLC, a finan...

September 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan bank profits under pressure: Moody's

ECONOMYNEXT - Moody's Investors Service has said the outlook for Sri Lanka's banking system is negative, with both asset...

August 31, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Citibank branch 'AAA(lka)' rating confirmed by Fitch

Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' rating of the Colombo branch of Citibank N.A with a stable outlook.

August 29, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up for second week

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yield rose across maturities at Wednesday's auction, with the three month yield rising 10 basis p...

August 23, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon profits dip with loss provisions

Profits at Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon group fell 9.6 percent to 4.44 billion rupees in the June 2017 quarter a...

August 15, 2017 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's HNB's profits flat in June quarter

Profits at Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank group, which has an insurance unit edged up 2 percent to 3.4 billion rupees ...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank net up 17-pct in June

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon said net profits rose 17.8 percent from a year earlier to 3.8 billion rupees in th...

August 14, 2017 2 min read

Flood hit borrowers in Sri Lanka to get 3-month interest waiver

Sri Lanka's flood-hit borrowers can get concessions including interest waivers for three months from lenders, but many w...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank June net up 39-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank rose 39 percent to almost 3.5 billion rupees in the June 2017 quarter ...

August 4, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Cargills in deal with Bank of China

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Cargills (Ceylon) PLC said the Cargills group has entered into an agreement with Bank of China...

August 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank group net up 24-pct

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc group's net profits in the June 2017 quarter rose 24 percent to 1.32 billion rupees from a y...

August 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank group profits up on gains

Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank group said net profits rose 107 percent to 1.54 billion rupees in the June 2017 quarter from a yea...

August 1, 2017 2 min read

Probe finds ‘internal lapses’ in Sri Lanka HNB customer data leak

ECONOMYNEXT – An investigation by Sri Lanka’s central bank into the leak of customer data at Hatton Nation...

July 25, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka finance company capitalisation under pressure, ratings affirmed: Fitch

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has confirmed the ratings of seven Sri Lankan finance companies, many of whic...

July 24, 2017 12 min read

Sri Lanka fixing gaps in money laundering framework: Fin Min

Sri Lanka is fully committed to eradicating financial crimes, and is in the process of fixing gaps identified in its ant...

July 17, 2017 1 min read