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India's Axis Bank has been given the approval to close its operations in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and exit the countr...
India's ICICI Bank Limited has been given approval to close down its business in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, the island...
Sri Lanka's Softlogic Finance, a licensed non-bank lender said it had received the nod from the Colombo Stock Exchange t...
Sri Lanka's finance and leasing companies (FLCs) would be hurt further from the risk of a 'second wave' of Coronavirus w...
To invest Rs924mn in 88 million share sale
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings Lanka said it has confirmed Citibank N.A. – Colombo Branch's national long-ter...
Sri Lanka's credit to private borrowers from commercial banks turned negative in January 2019 for the first time since 2...
Loans under Enterprise Sri Lanka subsidized credit has totaled 79 billion rupees to 46,673 recipients since the program ...
Sri Lanka's listed Sanasa Development Bank reported a loss of 26.1 million rupees in the December 2018 quarter, down 113...
Sri Lanka's Sanasa Development Bank Plc, a publicly traded firm linked to the co-operative movement, said it planned to ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's state-owned People's Bank grew 3.5 percent from a year earlier to 20 billion rupees...
ECONOMYNEXT – Forthcoming elections could help boost lending by Sri Lankan banks if it leads to higher government...
Sri Lanka has awarded three-year franchises to operate foreign currency exchange couners at the main airport in the coun...
ECONOMYNEXT – Mastercard said it was offering Sri Lankan cardholders a range of discounts at top hospitals in Asi...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan banks have seen a surge in provisioning for bad loans with the adoption of a new accounting ru...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 371.7127 | 371.6601 |
| UK Pound | 453.5962 | 453.9794 |
| Euro | 396.3156 | 396.4763 |
| Aus Dollar | 250.1862 | 251.1981 |
| Yen | 2.8251 | 2.7549 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.3961 | 4.3963 |
| Korea Won | 0.2820 | 0.2791 |
| Oman Rial | 943.2237 | 943.2268 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.7270 | 96.7115 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.8729 | 98.8786 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,653.84 | -1.51% |
| CSE All Share | 8,420.26 | -1.04% |
| Turnover Rs million | 4,621,153,484 | 2,824,714,520 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 31.03 | 31.03 |
| 6-m bill | 29.57 | 29.60 |
| 12-m bill | 28.41 | 28.41 |
| 5-yr bond | 27.49 | 27.57 |
| 8-yr bond | 27.44 | 27.23 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s non-bank finance companies will face pressure on asset quality and profitability in the...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 2019 government budget will offer a host of subsidised loans to beneficiaries ra...
Sri Lankan banks have exceeded lending targets for micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) under programs with...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc in the December 2018 quarter was wiped out by a one-off provision for retirement ...
Sri Lanka's The Finance Company Plc, a troubled non-bank lender which was slapped with a cease-and-desist order by the r...
Cargills Food City supermarkets and Cargills Bank branches will accept payment for Sri Lankan airlines tickets booked on...
Fitch Ratings has downgraded state-run National Savings Bank to 'AA+(lka)' from 'AAA(lka)' following a downgrade of the ...
Sri Lanka has been placed on a new European Union list of high risk countries where bank have to exercise extra due dili...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank said The Finance Company, a troubled non-banker lender which got into difficulties in 2008, wil...
Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank said its net profits for the December 2018 quarter fell 31.8 percent to 2.7 billion rupees from...
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