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Sri Lanka to provide interest relief for those who pawned gold

Relief to those who pawned gold jewellery in banks.

July 23, 2024 1 min read

Fitch gives 'good' SPO for sustainable bond framework of Sri Lanka's Combank

"Our Second-Party Opinion is that the alignment is ‘Good’."

July 22, 2024 6 min read

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank gets Sustainable Fitch opinion to sell green bonds

Issuance of a Sustainable Bond will mark the next milestone in the Bank’s journey

July 19, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka minister, banks discuss loans for estate community

“…They are to utilize this land as collateral not just for housing but for their children’s education

July 18, 2024 2 min read
Sri Lanka planning to register cryptocurrencies providers

A mutual evaluation framework is coming up next year

Sri Lanka revises loan to value ratios for vehicles, EV limit reduced

A 90 percent loan to value for electric vehicles has been removed

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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Anura Kumara wants Central Bank actions between 2008 and 2015 probed

Leader of the National Peoples’ Power alliance (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake is asking the government to provide a se...

September 8, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka private credit negative in July, credit to government surges

Sri Lanka's private credit was negative for the third straight month in July 2020, contracting 3.6 billion rupees, while...

September 3, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka central bank extends debt moratorium for tourism till March 2021

Sri Lanka's banks have been directed by the central bank to extend a Covid-19 debt moratorium for six months from Octobe...

August 29, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka planning SME development bank, credit guarantee agency: CB Governor

Sri Lanka is planning a new development bank to fund small and medium enterprises and a credit guarantee fund, as part o...

August 28, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank approves Rs100bn re-finance credit, deadline extended

Sri Lanka's central bank said it had approved over 100 billion rupees under a subsidized credit scheme for Coronavirus h...

August 26, 2020 1 min read

HSBC starts banking unit in Sri Lanka's China-run Hambantota port

HSBC Sri Lanka had started an express banking unit in Hambantota near a port operated by China's CM Ports group, which w...

August 24, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank to sell senior, bail-in bonds

Fitch Ratings had given an expected rating a 'A(lka) (EXP) to planned senior debt issue of Seylan Bank Plc and a two not...

August 22, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka central bank planning housing loan scheme under govt policy directions: CB Governor

Sri Lanka's central bank will announce a housing loan program for low and middle income borrowers in line with governme...

August 20, 2020 1 min read
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Committee to probe irregularities, misconduct in state banks during the past regime

The Cabinet has appointed a committee to investigate alleged irregularities, unproductive initiatives and misconduct in ...

August 19, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank June 2020 quarter net up 4.5-pct

Profits at Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon grew 4.5 percent from a year earlier to 3.6 billon rupees in the June 2...

August 18, 2020 1 min read