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We believe that there should be an intermediate regulatory authority
Jayamin Pelpola, a fintech entrepreneur and investor, appointed to board of Bank of Ceylon as non-executive director
20 billion rupee loans scheme for small and medium enterprises hit by an economic crisis
A sufficient grace period to pay off relevant debts without being a burden to the banking system should be allowed
Loans and advances grew 7.7 percent to 1,530 billion rupees
Sri Lanka's central bank has unveiled a regulatory sandbox to run innovative fintech experiments which can be released t...
Sri Lanka's banks and financial institutions are not doing enough to sponsor and promote fintech start ups, veteran bank...
A newly set up Angel Fund will support start-ups across Sri Lanka helping entrepreneurs in underserved regions with both...
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Sri Lanka's central bank is engaged in discussions with the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA Sri Lanka) over provi...
Sri Lanka’s Union Bank is expecting loan growth to pick up in 2020 after upcoming general elections, as the country em...
State-owned Bank of Ceylon (BoC), Sri Lanka's largest lender, posted 10.63 billion rupee profit for the December quarter...
Sri Lanka's finance and leasing companies are under pressure to raise capital and regulatory thresholds rise and bad loa...
A year since launching Moneyworkz. lk in 2018, an online banking aggregator that uses data analytics to match customers ...
Profits at Sri Lanka’s Union Bank of Colombo (UBC) group grew 111 percent to 196 million rupees in the December quart...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 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 | - | - |
Profits at Lanka's Nations Trust Bank rose 49 percent to 1.1 billion rupees in broadbased gains in stable fund and fee b...
Sri Lanka's banking industry would have to brace for a growth in provisioning for bad loans (impairments) as credit gets...
Sri Lanka's largest listed lender Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc, is expecting its loan book to grow by 10-12 percent in...
Hatton National Bank Plc, the second largest listed lender, posted net profits of 6.26 billion for the December quarter,...
Net profits at Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc group grew 80.78 percent to 1.18 billion rupees from a year earlier despite t...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it will stop compiling offered rates, a forward looking interest rate compiled with market...
Net profits at Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank Plc fell 54 percent to 516.14 million rupees in the December quarter on higher inte...
Manila-based Asian Development Bank said it has appointed Chen Chen, a Chinese national who has been with the lender sin...
Commercial Bank, Sri Lanka's largest listed lender in assets, said profits for the December quarter grew 1.11 percent to...
At least two Sri Lanka banks will launch request to pay services shortly, a new technology that makes it much easier for...
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