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Fitch confirms 'A-(lka)' domestic rating of DFCC Bank Plc

Fitch has also affirmed DFCC's senior and subordinated debt ratings of 'A-(lka)' and 'BBB(lka)', respectively.

July 24, 2024 5 min read

Fitch confirms 'A-(lka)' domestic rating of Seylan Bank Plc

The Outlook is Stable. Fitch also affirmed Seylan's Sri Lankan rupee-denominated outstanding subordinated debt at 'BBB

July 24, 2024 5 min read

Fitch confirms 'A(lka)' domestic rating of Sampath Bank Plc

The Outlook is Stable. Fitch also affirmed Sampath's outstanding Sri Lankan rupee-denominated subordinated debt at 'BBB+

July 24, 2024 5 min read

Fitch confirms 'A-(lka)' domestic rating of Nations Trust Bank Plc

Fitch has also affirmed NTB's Sri Lankan rupee-denominated outstanding subordinated debt at 'BBB(lka)'.

July 24, 2024 5 min read
Sri Lanka's Cargills Bank to raise Rs2.5bn, reduce group stake

Central bank rules require holding to be brought down to 15-pct by 2029

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank net up 20-pct in June

Lower provisions net interest income down

Sri Lanka Covid-19 debt moratorium extended till April 2021

Sri Lanka has extended a debt moratorium given to customers of banks and finance companies from October 01, 2020 to Marc...

November 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka private credit up, state credit surge in September 2020

Sri Lanka's private credit grew by 87.4 billion rupees in September 2020, expanding for the second month in a row, short...

November 9, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka extends grace period for Covid-19 re-finance loans by 3-months

Sri Lanka has extended the grace period of Covid-19 relief loans given at 4 percent to 9 months from the date of grantin...

November 6, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka banks to drop IMF, World Bank forecasts for loss calculation

Sri Lanka banks have been given more discretion in assessing firms ability to repay loans which had already been re-stru...

November 2, 2020 3 min read

India's Axis Bank exits Sri Lanka

India's Axis Bank has been given the approval to close its operations in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and exit the countr...

October 30, 2020 1 min read

India's ICICI Bank exits Sri Lanka

India's ICICI Bank Limited has been given approval to close down its business in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, the island...

October 23, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka's Softlogic Finance to raise Rs1.9bn from cash call

Sri Lanka's Softlogic Finance, a licensed non-bank lender said it had received the nod from the Colombo Stock Exchange t...

October 21, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka finance companies hit by Coronavirus, import controls: Fitch

Sri Lanka's finance and leasing companies (FLCs) would be hurt further from the risk of a 'second wave' of Coronavirus w...

October 21, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka's DIMO, NTB link up finance pre-owned Mercedes, Jeep cars amid import controls

Dimo, the agents for Mercedes-Benz and Jeep in Sri Lanka said it was teaming up with Nations Trust Bank to help lease bo...

October 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka offers to convert Coronavirus high yield forex accounts to standard rates

Sri Lanka will be given an opportunity for special deposit (SDA) forex accounts introduced in April 2020 amid Coronaviru...

October 7, 2020 1 min read
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Sri Lanka and India banks among worst hit in Asia amid Coronavirus: Moody's

Capitalization, bad loans and profits of banks in Sri Lanka and India will be among hardest hit in the Asia Pacific regi...

October 6, 2020 2 min read

Sajith calls for National effort to save the country’s economy

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is calling on all political parties to shed their differences and come togethe...

September 30, 2020 2 min read

Moody's downgrades Bank of Ceylon, HNB, Sampath after Sri Lanka sovereign rating cut

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the long-term foreign currency deposit ratings of Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Hatton ...

September 30, 2020 6 min read

Sri Lanka's Softlogic Capital to buy Abans Finance, merge with Softlogic Finance

Sri Lanka's Softlogic Capital Plc said it will buy a 49.67 percent stake in Abans Finance from its parent at 30.10 rupee...

September 29, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka private credit up in August, SOE borrowings reach trillion rupees 2020

Sri Lanka's credit to private sector grew 78.3 billion rupees to 5,908.7 billion rupees, while loans to state enterprise...

September 28, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Central Finance rating confirmed at 'A+(lka)' amid NPL spike

Fitch Ratings said it was confirming an 'A+(lka)' rating of Central Finance Plc, Sri Lanka's fourth largest finance comp...

September 15, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka finance leasing NPLs spike to 14-pct in June 2020

Sri Lanka's finance and leasing company non-performing loans spiked to 14.14 percent in June 2020 from 11.37 percent in ...

September 15, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka LB Finance 'A-(lka)' confirmed, Fitch expected import controls to drive gold loans

Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'A-(lka)' rating of LB Finance, Sri Lanka's third largest non-bank finance leasing compan...

September 14, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka NPLs rise to 5.3-pct of loans in 2020 June

Non-performing loans at Sri Lanka's commercial banks grew to 5.3 percent of total loans by June 2020, from 4.9 percent i...

September 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka allows multilateral agencies to buy 20-pct of a bank

Sri Lanka's central bank said it will allow multilateral agencies such as the International Finance Corporation, the Asi...

September 8, 2020 1 min read
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