The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (Monetary Board) established the Advisory
Committee for Revival of Failed Finance Companies (Committee) in October 2021 to examine
possible revival options for five (5) failed finance companies, i.e., Central Investments & Finance
Ltd., ETI Finance Ltd., TKS Finance Ltd., The Finance Company PLC and The Standard Credit
Finance Ltd, of which licenses have been either cancelled or suspended. The Monetary Board has
vested the Committee with the responsibility of recommending possible revival options or
recommending liquidation for aforementioned five failed finance companies if such revival options
do not seem feasible.
The Committee submitted its final report to the Monetary Board on 31.05.2022, after careful
consideration of several proposals submitted by different parties for revival of four (4) of the abovementioned companies.
The Monetary Board, having considered the Report of the Committee on the said five failed finance
companies, noted that the proposals received for perusal of the said Committee were not viable and
entailed a number of policy and legal implications, which did not appear to be workable within the
existing regulatory framework. Further, given the present economic conditions, the said Committee
does not expect any viable proposals to be received from prospective investors. Under these
circumstances, the only option concerning the five (05) failed finance companies would be to continue
with liquidation proceedings/filing for liquidation. In the light of the above, the Committee in its report
has recommended to wind up the Committee. Based on the recommendation of the Committee the
Monetary Board decided to dissolve the Committee.
Consequently, actions will be taken to liquidate the aforementioned five failed finance companies in
accordance with applicable legal provisions.
