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Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank net up 86-pct in Sept 2021

Interest costs fall

October 30, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka state bank says acting on court order after China embassy 'blacklisting'

Court blocked payment over contaminated fertilizer

October 29, 2021 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sarvodaya DF looks for international marketing after IPO

Taking capital to rural areas

October 29, 2021 4 min read

Sri Lanka CB drives QR code use in digital payment push

In the current COVID-19 global pandemic, it is now more important than ever to reduce the usage of cash

October 27, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka private credit expands in first half, govt credit eases

Credit to state enterprises declined by 60 billion rupees in first six months

Fitch confirms 'A-(lka)' domestic rating of National Development Bank Plc

Fitch affirmed NDB's rupee denominated proposed and outstanding subordinated debt at 'BBB(EXP)(lka)' and 'BBB(lka)'

Sri Lanka to raise at least US$450mn from 3-year loan

Sri Lanka will raise at least 450 million dollars from a syndicated loan for which the government has selected 6 banks, ...

February 22, 2017 1 min read

Fitch raises outlook on Sri Lanka's BOC, NSB and People's Leasing

Fitch Ratings had raised the outlook on state-run Bank of Ceylon, National Savings Bank and Peoples Leasing Plc, a unit ...

February 15, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka's Multi Finance capitalized by Fairway Holdings

Fairway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, a property developer will inject 550 million rupees to capitalize Multi Finance Plc, a firm ...

February 9, 2017 1 min read

Central bank to discuss strong credit at Sri Lanka state lenders: Governor

Sri Lanka's central bank will discuss strong credit growth at state banks, which may undermine monetary policy transmis...

February 8, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka slides deeper into directed lending, extending Mahinda Rajapaksa legacy

Sri Lanka's economic policy slid deeper into state interventionism and away from the 'social market economy' that was pr...

February 6, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka state banks to part finance central expressway

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon and National Savings Bank will loan Rs23.2 billion to finance a secti...

February 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Amãna Bank seeks investment from ICD

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Amãna Bank said it is in talks with Islamic Corporation for the Development o...

January 30, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka bans Swarnamahal Financial Services related party transactions

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s markets regulator has prohibited Swarnamahal Financial Services (SFS) from relat...

January 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka slams credit squeeze on three wheelers, cars

Sri Lanka has slammed a credit squeeze on three wheelers, which has stepped into a breach left by a low-quality, highly ...

January 18, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to give resident visas for large foreign depositors in banks

Sri Lanka will give a 5-year resident visa for foreign individuals who deposit $300,000 in banks and rights to lease lan...

January 12, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka ready to start licensing microfinance companies: CB Governor

Sri Lanka is ready to license micro-finance companies, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said after a new laws...

January 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank to promote ‘Green Financing’

Sri Lanka plans to promote ‘green financing’ to encourage businesses to conserve resources and better prote...

January 4, 2017 1 min read

New Sri Lanka central bank unit to prosecute directors of failed finance firms

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank will set up an ‘Enforcement Unit’ to prosecute boards ...

January 3, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to hike capital for leasing and finance companies

Sri Lanka will hike capital requirements for finance companies to Rs2.0 billion and leasing companies to Rs1.0 billion, ...

January 3, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Abans Finance to raise Rs Rs277mn from rights issue

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Abans Finance plans a one for five rights issue of 11 million ordinary shares at Rs25 e...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Sale of Seylan Bank shares by Sri Lanka state-run bank under scrutiny

A sale of 13 million shares in Seylan Bank by state-run Bank of Ceylon is being looked into by the administration, a sen...

December 18, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sanasa Bank private placement to raise Rs3.3bn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Sanasa Development Bank (SDB) said it plans a private placement of ordinary shar...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's NDB downgraded to 'B'

Sri Lanka's National Development Bank's rating has been downgraded to 'B' from 'B+' with a stable outlook at the lower l...

December 9, 2016 2 min read

Fitch Ratings lowers Sri Lanka banking sector outlook to negative

Fitch Ratings said it has lowered its sector outlook for Sri Lankan banks to negative from stable, saying operating cond...

December 9, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka’s PABC to raise Rs2.1bn through rights issue

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PABC) said it plans to raise Rs2,065 million from ...

December 1, 2016 1 min read