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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has reaffirmed its leadership in technology, innovation and the deliveryof the most advanced banking experiences to customers by reaching another milestone in Sri Lanka’s digital payment landscape with the introduction of Google Pay support for its Mastercard debit and credit cardholder…
Intellect Design Arena Ltd., a global leader in enterprise-grade financial technology, announces its strategic partnership with Sampath Bank PLC to elevate the Bank’s capabilities to accelerate its Corporate and SME Banking transformation using a state-of-the-art solution that modernises the Bank’s comprehensive Tra…
People’s Bank is celebrating Sri Lanka’s 78th Independence Day by continuing the tradition of the ‘Birth of Freedom’ programme for yet another year.
National Development Bank PLC (NDB) recently formalised a strategic partnership with the Central Depository Systems (Pvt) Limited (CDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), to enhance the efficiency and reliability of dividend disbursement for companies listed on the CSE.
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Cinnamon Life, in partnership with the John Keells Foundation and Nations Trust Bank, has officially announced the arrival of the West End-licensed musical, La Bamba! The Song of Veracruz. This high-octane production will grace the stage at the state-of-the-art Cinnamon Life “Forum” from April 24 to 28, 2026.
Seedance 2.0 thrills early adopters with cinematic realism and fuels debate over AI’s role in filmmaking and content creation
Singapore’s definition of household income now includes income from non-work sources, including rental and investment income
Beijing sees soybeans as the agricultural industry’s biggest vulnerability, while plans to cut their use in animal feed have little success
As trust in traditional dating techniques declines, people place ads detailing selling points of ex-partners in ‘second-hand market’
The toymaker’s stock gains as user growth, livestream sales and overseas expansion signal resilience despite softer consumer demand in China
Confident companies and investors, solid economic growth, low inflation and ample capital drive outlook, bank’s global M&A co-head says
China has almost completed the US$10 billion Pinglu Canal connecting its heartlands to Southeast Asia. Now, it is mulling an even larger waterway
City should pitch Southeast Asia, Middle East to draw global listings and issue long-term bonds to attract patient capital, think tank says
A rising stock tide lifts sales of all financial products in Hong KongSales soared 40 per cent to a record HK$6.07 trillion in 2024, according to a survey by the Securities and Futures Commission and Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
The two financial hubs are best choices for global investors seeking to diversify their portfolios amid geopolitical risks, Tan Su Shan says
First Capital presented its economic outlook 2026 for Sri Lanka recently, highlighting both growth prospects and plausible vulnerabilities. A central finding of the outlook was the anticipated softening of Sri Lanka’s GDP growth, projected to decrease from 5% in 2025 to 3-4 % in 2026.
National Development Bank PLC (NDB Bank), together with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has launched Card Present Connect (CPC), an in-person digital payment acceptance solution powered by Cybersource, Visa s open payment platform that supports both online and offline transactions.
DFCC Bank has announced its achievement of First Place in the Banking Sector and recognition as Overall Second Runners-Up at the Great HR Quiz organised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM).
People’s Bank Chairman, Prof. Narada Fernando, presents a gift to newborn babies at Castle Street Hospital and De Soysa Hospital for Women in Borella. Also in the picture is the hospital’s Director, Dr. Ajith Danthanarayana, People’s Bank CEO/GM, Clive Fonseka, DGM (Channel Management), Naleen Pathiranage and DGM (R…
Kala Pola, Sri Lanka’s open air art fair showcasing and promoting visual art opened at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha in Colombo yesterday. It provides opportunities for painters and sculptors to meet, network, present and market their creations.
The Agricultural Development Bank of China vice-president was once held up as a model figure for finance-driven poverty reduction
The bite-sized series now rival box office hits in popularity – and with that success comes opportunity
China will struggle to keep growth above 4 per cent unless there is a ‘strong turnaround’ in productivity and consumer spending, economist warns
The headquarters economy is powering office and retail recovery, with rising demand, stabilising rents and renewed investor confidence
Finance chief Paul Chan says Hong Kong must make better use of strengths as global financial hub to speed up industrial development
CATL-backed AutoFlight debuts Matrix, targeting global expansion, as Beijing moves to set standards for domestic eVTOL makers and operators
JLL’s Alex Barnes and his team closed decade-high single-tenant leases – deals that took on wider significance as rental declines slowed
Beijing leverages big data and global info exchange to chase undeclared overseas wealth, with fiscal needs seen driving the push, forcing compliance across sectors
Will Lewis was replaced by Jeff D’Onofrio, a former CEO of Tumblr who had joined the paper as chief financial officer last year
As a leading hub for finance and law, the city has the ‘right stuff’ to be proactive in drawing up solid action plans for the space economy
Пекин пригрозил отменить готовящийся визит президента США Дональда Трампа в Пекин, если Вашингтон не откажется от продажи крупной партии вооружений Тайваню. Об этом газета Financial Times сообщила в пятницу, 6 февраля, ссылаясь на осведомленных собеседников.
The city is striving for an early-mover advantage in the technology of tomorrow, including AI and quantum computing
Company moves into 7,000 sq ft, two-storey space at K11 Musea in latest example of success of ‘experience-led’ brands
Sri Lanka has welcomed more than 317,000 foreign tourists so far this year, according to figures released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). The authority reported that 317,381 visitors arrived in the country between January 1 and February 4, reflecting a strong start to the tourism sector in 20…
The Games have become a test case for firms seeking to raise their global profile, highlighting rising ambitions and challenges.
Commerce minister Algernon Yau says Panama ruling to strip Li Ka-shing firm’s subsidiary of canal port rights ‘undermines’ trade rules
Mostly run by Chinese criminal gangs and staffed partly by trafficking victims, these complexes have proliferated across Indochina
The market roared back, with tech stocks recovering from AI-linked jitters and bitcoin halting its plunge
Ukrainians are buying Chinese batteries and emergency items en masse after Russian strikes, with Beijing’s ties to Moscow no damper on trade
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that the objective of the present Government is to bring to an end the era in which the country’s economic gains were concentrated among a few families and a corrupt circle surrounding them and to ensure that the benefits of all economic achievements flow to the people w…
Land and Irrigation Deputy Minister Aravinda Senarath told Parliament yesterday (06) that the Government has commenced a programme to gradually convert the paddy purchased last season into rice and release it to the market to ensure there won’t be any shortage going forward.
Colombo’s luxury apartment market has officially left its dating phase behind and stepped into a more grown-up investment persona, where decisions in 2026 are driven by performance metrics rather than glossy promises. The proof is in the data, average asking prices for luxury apartments in Colombo’s Central Business…
New pact designates a new yuan clearing bank, boosts cross-listings and expands green finance, accelerating the international use of China’s currency
Initial shipments bring hope, but ‘Fortress North America’ threat and lack of long-term guarantees leave producers wary of Beijing’s commitment
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