May 2020 - Page 10 of 18 - Lanka Business News

May 14, 2020

Staff donates a day’s pay towards relief efforts As the world battles with the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Seylan Bank in a joint initiative with its staff members have supported the Sri Lankan community with several initiatives to combat the impact of the pandemic. On Monday, the 4th of May, the Bank handed […]

May 14, 2020

People’s Bank has launched the Aswenna loan scheme, a unique product that is in line with the Government’s development programme to create a self-sufficient nation. The first Aswenna loans were ceremoniously handed over to the loan recipients by People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse and Acting Chief Executive Officer / General Manager M.A. Boniface Silva at […]

May 14, 2020

Mastercard has announced the appointment of Rajesh Mani as the new Country Manager for Sri Lanka & Maldives. Rajesh took office earlier in March this year, succeeding Santosh Kumar, who has transitioned to another position within Mastercard. In his new role, Rajesh will bring over two decades of extensive background in the payments and fintech […]

May 14, 2020

Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC received a strong vote of confidence from investors with its recent Listed, Rated, Unsecured, Senior, Redeemable three year and five year, Rs. 1 billion debenture issue being oversubscribed. The subscription closed on Wednesday the 13th of May 2020. This Debenture issue is rated BBB (lka) by Fitch Ratings Lanka Limited.). Singer […]

May 14, 2020

Sampath Bank continued to demonstrate its commitment to offer the best possible service to its customers across the Country by maintaining all essential banking services without interruption amidst curfew restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 lockdown. Sampath Bank’s 429 ATMs, 448 Deposit Kiosk Machines (DKMs) and all 229 Branches when permitted remained fully operational during the […]

May 14, 2020

Further supporting the national efforts to combat COVID-19, Sunshine Healthcare Lanka Ltd—a fully-owned subsidiary of the diversified conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC—recently donated 100,000 hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) sulfate tablets (200mg), manufactured by Zydus Cadila—one of the leading pharmaceutical companies present in Sri Lanka— to the Ministry of Health by the staff of Sunshine Healthcare. The tablets, which […]

May 14, 2020

IBM showcased a wave of new technologies that would help businesses accelerate their recovery and digital transformation efforts in the wake of the global COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic at its premier annual client and developer conference, IBM Think 2020. The event was recreated as a global, digital-first forum in light of precautions for the COVID-19 Coronavirus […]

May 14, 2020

With Sri Lanka’s police-imposed curfew gradually relaxing and life being brought back to the island in the coming weeks, George Steuart Health has stepped forward to aid in a safe transition back to normal life for the citizens of this country. Ranked among the top five pharmaceutical firms in the island, George Steuart Health is […]

May 14, 2020

Today Facebook is publishing the fifth edition of their Community Standards Enforcement Report, providing metrics on how well they enforced their policies from October 2019 through March 2020. The last few years were spent building tools, teams and technologies to help protect elections from interference, prevent misinformation from spreading on their apps and keep people […]

May 14, 2020

True to its calling as a responsible professional organization, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) has taken the lead to help professional accountants including Chartered Accountants navigate through the ongoing turbulent times as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In fulfilling its duty as the National Body of Professional […]

Seylan Bank’s Contribution Towards the Fight Against COVID-19 Reaches Rs. 20 Million

People’s Bank launches Aswenna loan scheme to guide the nation towards self-sufficiency

Mastercard Names Rajesh Mani Country Manager for Sri Lanka & Maldives

Singer Finance Rs. 1 bn Debenture issue oversubscribed

Sampath Bank is ready to help rebuild the nation using it’s solid foundation as launching pad

Zydus Cadila and Sunshine Healthcare donate 100,000 HCQ tablets to assist the fight against COVID-19

IBM Looks to Empower Businesses Accelerate Recovery and Digital Transformation

George Steuart Health markets facemasks and infrared thermometers

Community Standards Enforcement Report, May 2020 Edition

CA Sri Lanka steps up to help Chartered Accountants navigate through COVID-19 challenges