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The card could be used at ATMs, POS machines bus and rail
Sri Lanka residents who have worked abroad, and individuals or firms providing services to foreigners can now open accou...
Sri Lanka will set up a state-run Youth Startup Fund and a Guarantee Fund to help young entrepreneurs get capital, Minis...
All banks in Sri Lanka have faced capital depletion amid bad loans and rate rises
New account created in all banks to help invest in Colombo Port City
The outlook on the top [SL]AAA rated state-run Bank of Ceylon has been cut to negative from stable by ICRA Lanka, a rati...
Dutch government to cover 25-pct of the cost from a grant.
Proparco, a unit of French aid agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD), is providing 25 million US dollars to ...
Sri Lankan banks should help spur development, supporting fina cial literacy and designing suitable lending schemes for ...
Sri Lanka's private credit expanded by 22.2 billion rupees in August 2019, and credit to government had expanded 47.9 b...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' given to Sri Lanka's Citibank branch, which has zero bad loans from 2009.
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' rating with a stable outlook given to the Sri Lanka branch of Standard Charter...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'A+(lka)' rating of Serendib Finance Limited, a finance company controlled by 'AA(lka) ra...
Sri Lanka's central bank disputed an analysis by Moody's Investor Service, a rating agency which said price controls sla...
Sri Lanka's price controls on lending rates, which comes in the wake of a currency collapse and a spike in bad loans, wi...
| 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 has lifted price controls on depositors to expropriate small depositors, in the wake of a currency collapse in...
Sri Lanka's central bank has slapped price controls on commercial banks loans, as credit contracted and bad loans soared...
Sri Lankan banks supporting biodiversity conservation efforts refused to lend money for a mini-hydro power plant after t...
Sinhaputhra Finance Plc, non-bank lender in Sri Lanka has been given time to raise capital, the central bank said.
Sri Lanka's central bank has cancelled the licence of TKS Finance Limited with insured depositors to be compensated up t...
Sri Lanka’s central bank has decided to call for expressions of interest to find potential investors to revive the fai...
Sri Lanka's NDB Bank Plc is planning a private placement of shares among foreign and domestic investors to raise capital...
Sri Lankan banks are vulnerable to a property market downturn given increased lending to the sector and a weak ability t...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed the 'AA(lka)' rating of Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank saying it had adequate capital but...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon's 'AA(lka)' rating has been confirmed with a stable outlook, Fitch Rating said, though tough o...
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