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While credit to customers increased, investments in debt securities were down from a year ago
Sri Lanka banking sector faced a crisis after 2022 sovereign debt default
Total investments had grown at double the pace of credit at 22.6 percent
Law on parate execution or deciding on auctioning collateral of defaulted loans by banks has been suspended till Dec 15
Non-executive director with effect from October 7
"There has been a sort of softening of monetary policy," Walker told reporters in Colombo
No new forex regulations on credit cards
Exchange gains, net interest income drive profits
Steep rise in fee income
Net interest income up on falling interest costs
Net interest and fee income up
Bank makes makes provisions to cover uncertainties
Sri Lanka private credit in the first six months of the year was 414 billion rupees
Gains in both fee and net interest income
Six payment networks integrated
Forex loans reduced
| 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 | - | - |
To invest Rs924mn in 88 million share sale
DFCC gets US$150mn, NDB US$75n
Credit line from United States International Development Finance Corporation
By July window borrowings were also up
Limits on dollar borrowings
Expects bad loans to rise to 10.5 percent by year end
"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
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