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NDB enhanced its commitment to support the SMEs in Kandy with the opening of a dedicated, customer oriented SME centre at the heart of the city recently. NDB’s SME Centre is designed around a unique concept which aims to educate, empower and enrich the entrepreneurs of the region. It will be a one stop shop [...]
NDB continues to empower SME’s with a series of Islandwide Workshops
Taking into consideration the importance of SME’s to the national economy, NDB has dedicated over 30 years of customised financial expertise to this sector. Whilst providing a range of dedicated financial solutions to empower the SME sector, the Bank conducts comprehensive SME workshops with the aim of educating and developing the skills, knowledge and competencies [...]
NDB Partners Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2013 that recognise the Outstanding Entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka
Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) is a regional recognition programme for outstanding entrepreneurs across Asia. It is also a platform for Asian business leaders and entrepreneurs to network, share information and form lifetime acquaintances and alliances. There are 14 ASEAN nations in this program. They are Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, [...]
Orix Champ commemorates world children’s day
Commemorating World Children’s Day on the 1st of October 2012, Lanka ORIX Finance PLC (LOFC) rewarded its “ORIX Champ” minor savings account holders, an attractive rate of 12.5%. LOFC organized a special Children’s Day event at the Royal College, Polonnaruwa, which also housed its first student savings centre, established two years ago. Considering the significance [...]
Now is the time to set the record straight using the CRIB : Gamini Karunaratne
Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB)is the first Credit Bureau in the South Asian region. It was established by the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka Act No. 18 of 1990, an initiative of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Finance where CRIB was a response to the 1980′s debt [...]
ICRA Lanka assigns [SL]A- with stable outlook to Commercial Leasing and Finance Company Limited
ICRA Lanka Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ICRA Ltd., an associate of Moody’s Investors Service, has assigned an Issuer rating of ‘[SL] A-’ (pronounced SL A minus)1 with stable outlook to Commercial Leasing and Finance Limited (CLC or the Company). The rating indicates adequate-credit-quality and the rated entity carries average credit risk. The rating [...]
Health insurance innovations from AAI
As ‘the benchmark provider of quality financial solutions’, Asian Alliance Insurance (AAI) has proved itself to be a trail-blazer in introducing pioneering insurance solutions in the country. Once again, in pursuit of this pioneering vision and with the backing of its parent company, the Softlogic Group, Asian Alliance made a strategic entry in the area [...]
HNB Assurance positive on market potential – Manjula de Silva
Q -Can you brief us about HNB Assurance? Manjula – HNB Assurance PLCis a public limited liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka on 23rd August 2001 under the Companies Act, No 17 of 1982. The company which was known as HNB Assurance Ltd., changed its name to HNB Assurance PLC during the year 2007 as [...]
Ceylinco Life conducts 1st draw of ‘Family Savari 6′
The first draw for Ceylinco Life’s ‘Family Savari 6′ conducted last week has identified 460 people who have won a fully-paid holiday in Singapore or a day’s outing at the Leisure World theme park. The Life Insurance leader drew 15 policyholder families who will be joined by 35 more families in Singapore next year, and [...]
DFCC’s banking website wins award
DFCC’s newly re-launched website www.dfcc.lk was awarded a Bronze in the Corporate Website category of the Best Sri Lankan Website Competition organized by the LK Domain Registry- an independent non-profit organization which registers Sri Lankan domains. Building on its success, last week the Bank launched two separate websites for Sinhala and Tamil languages based on [...]
Abans Finance improves operational performance in the first half of FY 12/13
Abans Finance PLC, a listed company with the Colombo Stock Exchange has completed yet another satisfactory operational performance during the first six months of the FY 2012/2013. Abans Finance is a member of the Abans Group of Companies headed by Ms. Aban Pestonjee. Abans (Pvt) Ltd., holds 84% of the Equity of the company. Mr. [...]