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The General Direction No 01 of 2018 as per the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under section 44 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act No 28 of 2005 came into immediate effect as of 25 July 2018 implies to the operations of the Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch, Lanka Clear (Pvt) Ltd and members of CEFTS. [8]
The Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System, commonly known as SLIPS, is a LKR-only online interbank payment and fund transfer system in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]SLIPS is owned by LankaClear, an organization owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and all Licensed Commercial Banks operating in Sri Lanka, with 47.19% of shares held by the CBSL and State owned commercial banks, and 52.81% by other private banks.
National Savings Bank (NSB) is a state-owned Savings Bank in Sri Lanka. It was incorporated in Ceylon by the National Savings Bank Act No. 30 of 1971 and was granted the status of the Licensed Specialised Bank in terms of the Banking Act No. 30 of 1988. NSB has 262 branches.
Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka (HDFC) National Savings Bank; Regional Development Bank (Pradheshiya Sanwardhana Bank) Sanasa Development Bank; Sri Lanka Savings Bank; State Mortgage and Investment Bank; Source: Central Bank, September 2020 [2]
In March 2021, the ICRA Lanka Limited reaffirmed the credit rating of Sri Lanka Savings Bank to BBB− with immediate effect. [ 4 ] Sri Lanka Savings Bank generated a Profit After Tax amounting to Rs. 445 million for the financial year ending 31 December 2022 and the bank recorded a significant increase in Profit After Tax by 74 percent from ...
Sampath Bank was the first to introduce the use of ATMs, MasterCard, Personal Banking Unit Facilities, Uni Banking System & Debit Cards (Initially with Cirrus and Maestro and Visa) to Sri Lanka. After its massive re-engineering during the transfer to IT-induced banking, the bank was able to launch Internet Banking, Internet Payment Gateways and ...
It is based on market capitalisation. Weighting of shares is conducted in proportion to the issued ordinary capital of the listed companies, valued at current market price (i.e. market capitalisation). The base year is 1985, and the base value of the index is 100. This is the longest and the broadest measure of the Sri Lankan Stock market.
Investment in shares in Sri Lanka and repatriation of proceeds take place through Share Investment External Rupee Accounts (SIERA) opened with licensed commercial banks. Income from investments such as interest, dividends, and profit realized from such investments are not subject to exchange control regulations by the Sri Lankan government.