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We have made a request for banks not to compete for deposits
To support firms expanding internationally
To come as Banking (Special Provisions) Act
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The SMEs which meet the below mentioned criteria are eligible to enter the proposed relief package.
Financial institutions reported that their SME customers have limited understanding on green products and potential
Sri Lanka's LB Finance Plc, a publicly traded licensed non-bank lender said it will set up a 99 percent unit in Myanmar.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata said it will retain all employees of Colombo Trust Finance, a financ...
Sri Lanka's PABC Bank said it had wrapped up a 33 million US dollar credit line from an international climate change fun...
ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings Lanka said it has confirmed the National Long-Term Ratings on five small and mid-sized Sri L...
Sri Lanka's bank credit to private and state fell to 32 billion rupees in July 2017 from 64 billion rupees a month earli...
Sri Lanka's state-run National Insurance Trust Fund will prepare a plan to insure key agricultural crops up to 40,000 ru...
The paid up capital of Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon has been raised from 10 billion rupees to 15 billion rupees,...
Sri Lanka's re-insurance premiums on flood cover is likely to rise after a spate of unusual rainfall and insurers has to...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan celco Dialog Axiata has bought a controlling stake in Colombo Trust Finance PLC, a finan...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan insurance companies are likely to face higher tax expenses under a new tax law that was ...
| 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 | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT - Moody's Investors Service has said the outlook for Sri Lanka's banking system is negative, with both asset...
Fitch Ratings has confirmed an 'AAA(lka)' rating of the Colombo branch of Citibank N.A with a stable outlook.
Sri Lanka's Treasuries yield rose across maturities at Wednesday's auction, with the three month yield rising 10 basis p...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Janashakthi Insurance fell 50 percent to 135 million rupees in the June 2017 quarter from a year ...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Ceylinco Insurance Plc said net profits rose 75 percent in the June 2017 quarter to 894 millio...
Profits at Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon group fell 9.6 percent to 4.44 billion rupees in the June 2017 quarter a...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank group, which has an insurance unit edged up 2 percent to 3.4 billion rupees ...
Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon said net profits rose 17.8 percent from a year earlier to 3.8 billion rupees in th...
Sri Lanka's flood-hit borrowers can get concessions including interest waivers for three months from lenders, but many w...
ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings has upgraded Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited's (SLIC) National Insurer Financial Str...
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