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"The exposure of Fitch-rated banks to the sovereign was 39-pct of assets and 471 percent of equity as at end-2020"
Private credit grows by over Rs55bn in April and May
Refinancing risks are elevated
Publish notices informing the general public how essential banking services can be obtained
And based on the final outcome capitalization will also take place
Limits will be imposed on deposit rates to reduce interest rates
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also Finance Minister has met top executives of Sri Lanka's banks to discuss gi...
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has called out reports that The Finance Company was in talks with three investors keen to acq...
Sri Lanka is reviewing subsidized credit schemes targeting small and medium entrepreneurs, are expected to resume after ...
Sri Lanka’s The Finance Company has appealed against a central bank decision to cancel its licence, saying it was in t...
Sri Lanka is in the process of revising criteria to designate systemically important banks, and not all banks that exce...
Sri Lanka's central bank has warned the public to be vigilant of online scams usually done through offers of easy loan s...
Net profits at Sri Lanka's largest listed lender Commercial Bank for the September quarter grew 21.8 percent from a year...
Profits of Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank group grew 76 percent to 835 million rupees in the September 2019 quarter from a year e...
Profits at Sri Lanka’s National Development Bank (NDB) were almost flat at 1.1 billion rupees in the September 2019 qu...
The ratings of finance and leasing companies will face downward pressure amid a slowing economy and rising bad loans, Fi...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 330.2942 | 315.1016 |
| UK Pound | 429.0139 | 401.1871 |
| Euro | 372.1704 | 343.1959 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.2526 | 211.5951 |
| Yen | 2.3820 | 2.1908 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's private credit grew 53.7 billion rupees in September 2019, with the central bank printing 23.9 billion rupee...
Net profits at Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank for the September quarter fell 0.7 percent to 2.6 billion rupees with taxes eati...
HSBC is offering a web-based supply chain finance platform initially targeting Sri Lanka apparel exporters that the ban...
Net profits at Sri Lanka's Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PABC) for the September quarter grew 4 percent from a year earl...
Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank's net profits grew by a marginal 0.53 percent to 1.04 billion rupees in the September quarter wi...
Moody's Investors Service has confirmed the at B2/NP ratings of three Sri Lankan banks, Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Hatton Nat...
Sri Lanka will be publishing the results of a financial inclusion survey to understand how businesses access funds, Cent...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Peoples' Pleasing and Finance group, the country's largest non-bank lender which also has an ins...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it had decided to cancel the license of The Finance Company with effect from 23rd October ...
Sri Lanka has The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a a global anti-money laundering body has taken the island off its...
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