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The banking regulations remains to be approved by parliament
The central bank together with banks are tightening security on an ongoing basis
The changes to the Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill seeks to delay 'parate execution'
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Following discussions with the government a new circular had been issued by the central bank
And in the last three months or six months, we have done a substantial number of transactions in India
Sri Lanka's small businesses are finding it difficult to get credit from government-subsidized loan schemes where credit...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it will issue more new money to banks at 1.0 percent to give loans under credit schemes wh...
Bad loans in Sri Lanka's banks will worsen after a Coronavirus pandemic, pressure on foreign loan funding could intensif...
Sri Lanka's private credit has tumbled in April 2020 to 13.4 billion rupees from a spike to 120 billion rupees in March ...
An association representing Sri Lanka's registered leasing and finance companies said a recent killing of a head of thr...
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered police to stop leasing companies from re-posseing defaulted leases ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying that the government is facing criticism that the banking system has not passed do...
Sri Lanka's banking system is strong despite a rise in bad loans and the central bank will use all tools to maintain fin...
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka said it had provided an 11 million US dollar credit from a concessionary Covid-19 facility ...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank said compensation payments up to 600,000 rupees to depositors of the failed The Finance Company...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 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 | - | - |
Washington-based International Finance Corporation, a unit of World Bank said it had approved a 50 million US dollar cr...
Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon said it would provide a total of 10 billion rupees in loans to Coronavirus hit sma...
A meeting of Central Bank and Treasury officials have been called to look for ways to provide more relief to depositors ...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it had cancelled the operating license of The Finance Company Plc, a non-bank lender of th...
Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank, which controls an insurer, said profits grew 57 percent to 3.0 billion rupees in the M...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Nations Trust Bank grew 24 percent to 959 million rupees in the March 2020 quarter from a year ea...
Sri Lanka's central bank credit (printed money) broke records in March 2020 sending helping private and state credit soa...
Profits at Commercial Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka's largest private bank by assets grew 20 percent to 3.76 billion rupees ...
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked banks to give concessionary credit to identified sectors, his office ...
Sri Lanka has eased liquid asset rules for banks until June 30, 2021 as the island battles a Coronvirus crisis, allowing...
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