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Enables mobile QR based payments in Sri Lanka and Nepal
Fitch Ratings has maintained the Rating Watch Negative (RWN) on the 'A(lka)' National Long-Term Rating of People's Bank
Fitch has also maintained HNB's senior and subordinated debt ratings of 'A(lka)' and 'BBB+(lka)', respectively, on RWN.
Fitch Maintains Commercial Bank of Ceylon's 'A(lka)' National Rating on Watch Negative
Travellers from 10 countries and regions can scan the LANKAQR code at more than 400,000 merchants across the island
The bank will continue to serve clients as usual during the transition period, which was expected to take 15-18 months. ...
State-run Bank of Ceylon had requested early repayment of a 12.9 billion rupee loan taken by SriLankan Airlines while th...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Insurance Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (IRCSL) is to share information on money launderin...
Sri Lanka's The Finance Plc, a unit if the now defund Ceylinco group which has a 14 billion rupee hole in its balance sh...
ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings said it was maintaining a negative outlook for Sri Lanka's banking sector on slower growth i...
Profits at Sri Lanka's HNB Assurance Plc rose 4 percent from a year earlier to to 106.3 million rupees in the June 2018 ...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Janashakthi Insurance fell 1 percent from a year earlier to 133.9 million rupees in the June 2018...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Central Finance Company, a non-bank lender, grew 23.4 percent from a year earlier to 1.4 billion ...
Sri Lanka's central bank has directed finance companies not go give loans to borrowers in tourism related businesses un...
Sri Lanka's credit to private businesses from commercial banks rose 82 billion rupees in June from 28.8 billion rupees a...
Sri Lanka will only give debt relief to women who have taken micro-loans before June 2018 and have been in default for o...
| 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 | - | - |
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A micro-finance unit promoted by Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon has started operations in Myanmar.
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