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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (abbr. CBSL; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, romanized: Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA) and in terms of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act No. 16 of 2023, the CBSL is a body ...
Central Bank of Sri Lanka bond scandal which is also referred as CBSL bond scam was a financial laundering scam which happened on 27 February 2015 and caused losses of more than US$ 11 million to the nation. [1]
Sri Lanka has seen external instability from around late 2014 suffering two currency crises and low growth with the rupee falling from 131 to 182 to the US dollar by 2018. [6] Foreign debt rose from 30% of gross domestic product in 2014 to 41.3% in 2019 while total debt went up from 76% to 86% as growth slowed amid [ 7 ] Sovereign bond ...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) functions as the chief executive of the Sri Lankan central bank. The post is the ex-officio chairperson of the Monetary Board of Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Since its establishment in 1950, the CBSL has been headed by sixteen governors. The governor has two deputies and several assistant ...
SANASA Development Bank PLC, commonly called SDB bank, is a Sri Lankan bank serving the co-operative sector, [3] founded in 1997. This bank has opened 94 branches in Sri Lanka . In 1997 SDB Bank was granted the status of Licensed Specialized Bank by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka .
Cargills Bank PLC is a licensed commercial bank in Sri Lanka. [2] It received its license from Central Bank of Sri Lanka to operate domestic and offshore banking business on 21 January 2014 and was ceremonially opened on 30 June 2014.
In early April President Gotabaya Rajapaksa offered the post of Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to Weerasinghe and he accepted the position. [17] [18] He assumed his duties as CBSL governor as of 7 April 2022. [19] He replaced Ajith Nivard Cabraal as his successor to become the 17th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. [20]
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