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Bank of Ceylon ( BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව Lanka Bænkuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி S.SADHURSHAN i Ilangai Vangi) is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cylindrical building in Colombo . The bank has a network of 651 branches, 715 automated teller ...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC. Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC ( CBC) also known as ComBank is a licensed commercial bank in Sri Lanka and its ownership is private. It was incorporated as a public limited company and it is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. It is regarded as the largest private bank in Sri Lanka in terms of net worth and ...
Ernest de Silva. Sir Albert Ernest de Silva ( Sinhala ශ්රිමත් අර්නස්ට් ද සිල්වා; 26 November 1887 – 9 May 1957) was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. [1] A wealthy and influential ...
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.
e. Ceylon [1] [3] was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka .
The attack took place on 31 January 1996, in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. A lorry containing about 440 pounds of high explosives crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, a seaside high-rise which managed most of the financial business of the country. As gunmen traded fire with security guards, the suicide bomber in the ...
The banknotes of the Sri Lanka rupee are part of the physical form of Sri Lanka 's currency. The issuance of the rupee banknotes began in 1895. The Government of Ceylon introduced its first paper money in the form of the 5 rupee banknote in 1895. These were followed by 10 rupee notes in 1894, 1000 rupee notes in 1899, 50 rupee notes in 1914, 1 ...
Today, the entire banking sector in Sri Lanka offers automated banking systems with ATMs for customers, for faster, and after-hour services. The working hours of the Sri Lankan banking sector have now changed from 8 hours, 5 days a week system to a 24/7 service. Telephone banking and internet banking [11] [12] facilities have become more ...