Notable
Chairmen of the two state banks presented their annual reports to President Anura Disanayake
Incidents have to be reported under three categories
SME loan demand rose in the 4Q 2025 and corporate loan demand is expected to rise further in 2025 2Q
Some bank paid more taxes than the residual left for shareholders and for capital
Comprises a 50 million dollar senior unsecured loan and a 20 million dollar Global Trade Finance Program line
Prime lending rate down in the second week of January
Complacency that capital and liquidity measures currently exceed regulatory minimum criteria is a false comfort
Enables mobile QR based payments in Sri Lanka and Nepal
Fitch Ratings has maintained the Rating Watch Negative (RWN) on the 'A(lka)' National Long-Term Rating of People's Bank
Fitch has also maintained HNB's senior and subordinated debt ratings of 'A(lka)' and 'BBB+(lka)', respectively, on RWN.
Fitch Maintains Commercial Bank of Ceylon's 'A(lka)' National Rating on Watch Negative
Our primary focus has, and continues to be, on further bolstering our liquidity
He will succeed Jonathan Alles, who is retiring from August 23,2024
Paying down foreign loans narrows the current account deficit or generates a surplus
BoC keeps lending rate growth below the pace of deposit rates
Loan loss provisions were up 14.04 percent to 6.7 billion rupees in the quarter.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
No loans written off
We are here, it is part of the discussions we are having now
In the quarter HNB made provisions of 11.7 billion rupees, down from 13.5 billion rupees.
Credit to government continues to grow
Sri Lanka’s DFCC Bank has reported profits of 2.1 billion rupees for the March 2023 quarter
A key objective of the central bank is maintaining financial sector stability
An overall debt restructuring plan is due to be announced later in in May
Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme under the Welfare Benefit Act will be taken up on May 12
Expected to increase crisis management powers
Trading gains fell 101.13 percent to 40 million rupees from the same quarter last year.
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