Arpico Finance recently celebrated their journey of 66 years on May 26th.  Since its inception in 1951, they have been on a constant growth and thus gradually climbed to  new heights. 

PickMe, Sri Lanka’s leading taxi-hailing app, has partnered with LOLC Life Assurance, a fully-owned subsidiary of Lanka ORIX Leasing Company PLC to provide a valuable life insurance solution to its driver partner community.  The tie up bet

Sampath Bank received double honours for its excellence in use of digital technologies at the inaugural SLT Zero One Awards held recently. 

DFCC Bank re-launched ‘Vardhana Junior’ recently to strengthen its position as one of the leading minor savings products in the country, adding special features such as an array of valuable gifts, to inspire children to save for their f

Leading Sri Lankan financial services provider, Softlogic Finance announcer the opening of its newly relocated Senkadagala branch. 

To meet the growing business demand for consistent, seamless and secure commerce, Mastercard Developers has released several new APIs to supply financial institutions, merchants and digital solutions providers with the tools they need to enable pay

Pan Asia bank bagged two awards at the recently concluded Lankapay Technovation Awards 2017. 

  NDB was crowned Runner Up for the ‘Best Mobile Payment Application of the Year’ at the LankaPay Technnovation Awards 2017.

  The completion of 20 years of Islamic Finance is undoubtedly a significant milestone in the annals of the IBF industry in Sri Lanka. Launched, albeit on an informal basis, in 1997, the initial stakeholders were faced with obstacles that man

The ‘holiday season’ continues for the policyholders of Ceylinco Life, with another batch of 50 policyholders and their families being accorded a three-day, all-expenses-paid visit to Singapore, under the life insurance leader’s &ls

Sri Lanka’s first and only payment technology innovation awards- Lanka pay Technnovation Awards 2017, awarded the Bank of Ceylon as the overall Gold winner for ‘Excellence in Interbank payments’ after being selected as No.1 for the

Kanrich Finance Ltd with its history spanning over 45 years has been loyally serving its clientele offering unique and trusted financial solutions. 

Pioneer stock-broking and equity research firm NDB Securities Ltd (NDBS) published an update on the outlook of the banking sector along with an analysis on nine listed licensed commercial banks.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon was represented by its Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director S. Renganathan at the FinanceAsia Country Awards in Hong Kong, at which the bank received the award for the Best Bank in Sri Lanka for the seventh time.&n

LankaClear (Private) Limited (LankaClear), an organisation incorporated in 2002 and owned by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and all licensed commercial banks operating in Sri Lanka, and JCB International Co., Ltd (JCBI), the international opera

The BSc. Applied Accounting Degree offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), which has gained much respect and popularity amongst students and employers within a short span of time, recorded the highest ever intak

As a result of NDB’s strides to make meaningful change to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) industry, the bank was felicitated with an award as ‘Best SME Bank Sri Lanka’ by Global Banking and Finance Review 2017.  NDB Dir

Commencing July 1, 2017, the licensed banks in Sri Lanka will adopt the minimum capital standards based on the direction issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in late 2016.

Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) is to call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on July 5 to obtain shareholder approval for a rights issue to raise Rs.15 billion to improve the capital base of the bank in view of the higher capital adequacy req

FriMi, a digital lifestyle partner, powered by Nations Trust Bank (NTB), will officially launch on June 30th at ODEL, Colombo 07,  and is a next-generation electronic payment, banking and marketing platform that allows users to make payments, se

A new agreement signed by The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Sri Lanka and the Certified Management Accountants (CMA) Sri Lanka will see them work in partnership to develop

Standard Chartered recently appointed Bingumal Thewarathanthri as Head, Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka. 

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) announced the appointment of Dumith Fernando as a Director of the CSE Board.   

 Over 130 senior public servants were recently conferred with the Chartered Public Finance Accountancy (CPFA) qualification at the inaugural CPFA Convocation organized by the CA Sri Lanka Public Sector Wing, the Association of Public Finance Acc

The website of Commercial Bank of Ceylon was adjudged the best in Sri Lanka’s financial sector at the inaugural SLT ZeroOne Awards presented by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).

Janashakthi Insurance PLC announced that the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) qualifiers from its life insurance sales team attended the prestigious MDRT Conference that was held in Florida, USA, recently. 

In a bid to meet the rapidly increasing demand for a hassle-free housing loan, Pan Asia Bank has come up with an option to enable the customers to obtain a home loan without the hassle of paper work.

The Life Fund of Ceylinco Life crossed Rs.80 billion in May 2017, making it the fastest-growing Life Fund in the local industry, the life insurance market leader has announced.

Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) saw 60 of its top life insurance sales achievers qualifying for the elite Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Annual Conference 2017 held recently in Orlando, Florida, USA. Participation at the MDRT is a seal of excellence for

Levels of financial technology (fintech) adoption among consumers has surged globally over the past 18 months and is poised to be embraced by the mainstream, according to the latest EY FinTech Adoption Index. An average of 33 percent digitally active