ECONOMYNEXT – Margin loans by Sri Lanaka’s banks have risen from 48 billion rupees to 60 billion rupees, from January to August 2025, Director of the Macroprudential Surveillance Department of the central bank, B H P K Thilakaweera said, indicating a rise of around 25 percent. Exposure of the banking sector to margin loans is still small compared to overall credit, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said. Margin credit is also given by other market intermediaries. Sri Lanka’s stocks have soared as the economy recovered from the last currency crisis, along with strong demand for credit from a broad range…
Sri Lanka bank margin credit rise to Rs60bn August
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