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US International Development Finance Corporation is looking to fund more companies and banks in Sri Lanka
Will participate in signing ceremony with CDB to promote inclusive lending; meet commercial and development bank leaders
Although there are about 11,000 microfinance institutions operating in the country, only 5 of them have been registered
With the latest expansion, SBI will have seven branches in Sri Lanka
Sustainable Finance Roadmap 2.0 published by central bank, with the International Finance Cooperation and EU
Sri Lanka's Central Bank has launched a Sustainable Finance Roadmap with support from the International Finance Corporat...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s unregulated financial institutions thrive on the financial ignorance of the peop...
Sri Lanka's central bank is offering breathing space for small and medium sized banks and non-bank finance companies to ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Real-time digital transactions on Sri Lanka’s common electronic fund transfer system more th...
Sri Lanka will bring a credit regulation law to protect consumers from micro loans given by loan sharks, Finance Ministe...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's insurance industry grew 9.5 percent from a year earlier to 175.7 billion rupees in gross writt...
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...
| 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 | - | - |
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...
Sri Lanka's insurance sector will see slower growth due to higher taxes slapped on cars in a budget for 2019, Fitch Rati...
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...
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...
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