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Sampath Bank merchants to get payments from Diners Club, Discover and Amex via Paycorp

Six payment networks integrated

July 25, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka's People's Bank 'AA- (lk)' rating confirmed with 'stable' outlook

Forex loans reduced

July 17, 2021 6 min read

Belgian-based BIO to take 10-pct stake in Sri Lanka's SDB Bank

To invest Rs924mn in 88 million share sale

July 12, 2021 2 min read

US development lender commits US$225mn to Sri Lanka banks

DFCC gets US$150mn, NDB US$75n

July 12, 2021 1 min read
Sri Lanka CB imposes penalties on DFCC, Sampath banks for non-compliance

Penalties imposed for not revealing information about customer, not doing due diligence

NY Fed first rejected cyber-heist transfers, then moved $81 million

DHAKA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hours before the Federal Reserve Bank of New York approved four fraudulent requests to send $...

June 5, 2016 5 min read

Sri Lanka's People's Leasing to enter Bangladesh

ECONOMYNEXT - People's Leasing and Finance Plc, Sri Lanka's largest non-bank lender, is entering Bangladesh, with domest...

May 31, 2016 1 min read

Bangladesh panel finds possible insider role in c.bank cyber theft

DHAKA, May 30 (Reuters) - Officials of Bangladesh Bank may have been involved in a brazen theft of $81 million from its ...

May 30, 2016 2 min read

DFCC Bank joins Sri Lanka's common ATM network

ECONOMYNEXT - DFCC Bank said it had joined LankaPay, Sri Lanka's common automated teller machine network allowing custom...

May 26, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka forum on IFC, Canada finance for clean energy

ECONOMYNEXT - Opportunities for financing clean energy projects from the International Finance Corporation and Canada wi...

May 25, 2016 1 min read

FinanceAsia names Commercial Bank ‘Best Bank’ in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - FinanceAsia magazine has declared Commercial Bank of Ceylon as the ‘Best Bank’ in Sri Lanka i...

May 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka bank credit fueled by printed money in February

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's banking system disbursed Rs105 billion of credit to the state and private business, including ...

May 23, 2016 2 min read

HSBC says to close 24 retail banking branches in India

MUMBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc said it plans to close 24 branches in India after a strategic review of its...

May 20, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Com Bank says warded off hacker attack

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank said it had been subject to a hacking attack against which it de...

May 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon profits double, bonds losses not seen

ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon rose 101.6 percent to 4.43 billion rupees in the March 201...

May 13, 2016 2 min read
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US Dollar 332.3603 330.8514
UK Pound 440.9424 438.3450
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6-m bill 7.91 8.26
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Sri Lanka Com Bank March quarter net up 29-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank said group net profit for the March 2016 quarter grew 28.7 perce...

May 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank March net up 73-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank group, which also has an insurance unit, rose 73 percent to Rs...

May 10, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka LB Finance March net up 93-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s LB Finance said March 2016 quarter net profit rose 93 percent to Rs1.2 billion f...

May 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank March net up 17-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank group’s net profit for the March 2016 quarter rose 17 percen...

May 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka busts ATM scam in Colombo, two Chinese nationals arrested

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka has busted an international racket where Chinese nationals were skimming data off automated telle...

May 3, 2016 1 min read

Commercial Bank Sri Lanka and Bank Muscat Oman in instant money transfer deal

ECONOMYNEXT –Commercial Bank said it recently formalised its tie-up with the Bank Muscat Oman to facilitate remit...

May 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Seylan Bank March 2016 net almost flat

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank group March 2016 net profit was virtually flat at 674 million rupees...

April 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's People's Leasing group net up 2.1-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's People's Leasing and Finance, rose 2.1 percent to 1.15 billion rupees in the March ...

April 28, 2016 2 min read

Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software, warning to be issued

(Reuters) - The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the ...

April 25, 2016 5 min read

Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers by cheap switches, no firewall-police

DHAKA, April 21 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall and u...

April 22, 2016 3 min read