Notable
Loan from EDFI Management Company, which is funded through European Union, to develop agri portfolio in the country
Banks will have to limit exposures to 25 percent starting from January 2026
Rupee appreciation leads to parity changes in dollar credit
Several bank supervision, state audit and financial regulator officials also jailed
BoC to divest 100 percent of its shareholding in its subsidiary B O C Travels (Private) Limited
The reported earnings of 12.61 rupees for the quarter
Segment generally profitable in recent years due to relatively low claim incidence, though there were claims in 2022
The bank is offering debentures at 100 rupees each, for tenures of 5 years, 7 years and 10 years.
Concerns have been raised about "predatory lending"
CB considering legal action against registered limited liability companies using personal bank accounts for tax evasion
"There are a lot of banks that have reduced, but not to the extent that we hoped. We are closely monitoring the banks"
People ask 'what's the year end exchange rate or interest rate? It is something that you don't want to even guess at
Working with international payment aps to allow foreigners to make transaction through Lanka QR
Since June, private credit has expanded 248 billion rupees
ISB restructuring is the single largest short-to-medium term issue the industry is having
Business Revival Units in licensed banks to strengthen their role in the recovery of businesses, SMEs, corporates
Latest | Last | |
---|---|---|
US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
Latest | Last | |
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Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
pts | % | |
---|---|---|
S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
Latest | Last | |
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3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
today | yesterday | |
---|---|---|
Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Removing parate execution powers and making it less easy to recover loans, will make it difficult for SMEs to get loans
Framework to be developed to strengthen governance of state banks, requiring their Boards to have independent members
The Banking (Amendment) Bill is expected to be passed in Parliament in early 2024
Investors who have applied up to 20,000,000 Type A Debentures will be allotted 100% of debentures applied
Issue of 50,000,000 Basel III complaint Tier 2 listed rated unsecured subordinated redeemable debentures oversubscribed
Says banks will end up restricting credit
Sections of Act should be revised to extend monitoring, identifying new business opportunities, developing enterprise
Two subsidiaries, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Life Limited and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Limited
In September the central bank was hit by large losses
Bank of Ceylon plans to issue BASEL III compliant debentures with non-viability write down features, to raise 5bn rupees
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