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Bank of Ceylon (BOC) was founded in 1939, with Sir Ernest de Silva as its first chairman. At the time, Ceylon was a British colony and the then governor Sir Andrew Caldecott ceremoniously opened the bank on 1 August. The British government introduced the banking arm for its government-oriented businesses.
It is also the location of the Bank of Ceylon headquarters. Along the foreshore of the Fort area is the Galle Face Green Promenade, built in 1859 under the governance of Sir Henry George Ward, the Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during British colonial era.
The bank won a total of 53 awards locally and internationally in 2019. Out of the 53 awards won, the bank won the Bank of the Year 2019 award from the UK based The Banker magazine as well as the award for the Best Bank in Sri Lanka 2019 from the US-based Global Finance magazine. The bank was rated as the strongest bank brand in Sri Lanka for ...
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]
Bank of Ceylon (UK), owned by Bank of Ceylon of Sri Lanka; Bank of Baroda (UK), owned by Bank of Baroda of India; Bank of China (UK), owned by Bank of China; Bank of India (UK), owned by Bank of India; Bank Sepah International plc, owned by Bank Sepah of Iran; FCMB Bank (UK) Limited, owned by First City Monument Bank of Nigeria
The World Trade Center (also known as WTC Colombo or WTCC) (Sinhala: ලෝක වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානය, romanized: Lōka Veḷen̆da Madhyasthānaya; Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
In 2009 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka purchased the building, to address the needs of the bank's growing office. [1] The renovated building was officially opened on 1 June 2011 by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development, and Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor of the Central Bank.
C T Holdings PLC, formerly known as Ceylon Theatres Limited, is an investment holding company and one of the largest conglomerates in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated in 1928 by Chittampalam A. Gardiner and quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange ever since.