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The Coronavirus pandemic hit the country and a lockdown started in March 2020. Though Sri Lanka drew praise for its handling of the pandemic and swift vaccination of the population, money printing worsened with unusually large central bank financing of the government triggering the worst balance of payments crisis in the country's history. [9]
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka was established in 1950, two years after independence. The founder governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was John Exter, while the minister of finance at the time was J. R. Jayewardene.
The mixed economy of Sri Lanka was worth $84 billion by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 [32] and $296.959 billion by purchasing power parity (PPP). [33] The country had experienced an annual growth of 6.4 percent from 2003 to 2012, well above its regional peers. This growth was driven by the growth of non-tradable sectors, which the World Bank warned to be both unsustainable and ...
The Citizens Development Business Finance was incorporated as a public limited company on 7 September 1995 and it is listed at the Colombo Stock Exchange. [5] The company is licensed by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the Finance Business Act no 42 of 2011. As of 2019, the company has about 71 branches across the country.
^ "Listed Company Directory". cse.lk. Colomobo Stock Exchange. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
HDFC Bank is one of the LMD 100 companies in Sri Lanka. The bank ranked 78th in the 2020/21 edition. [2] Brand Finance calculated the brand value of HDFC Bank to be LKR763 million in 2022. [3] Due to the effects of the Sri Lankan economic crisis, Fitch Ratings placed the bank along with twelve other Sri Lankan banks on Rating Watch Negative.
Edirisinghe Trust Investments Finance Limited also popularly known as ETI Finance is a Sri Lankan private limited company as well as a non banking financial institution which worked as a licensed finance company accepting deposits from general public. The company's business was primarily based on lending money on gold securities. On 13 July 2020, Central Bank of Sri Lanka decided to cancel the ...
LOLC Finance Company obtained a licence from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka as a finance company in the following year. The company changed its name to Lanka Orix Finance Company Limited and commenced operations in 2003.