October 27, 2021

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      26th October 2021 Sarvodaya Development Finance (SDF) recently announced its Initial Public Offering (IPO) proposition and will be allowing potential investors the ability to submit applications for the IPO, which will open on the 23rd of November 2021. SDF is a dynamic financial services provider that aims to uplift and empower rural […]

October 12, 2021

4min10
      12th October 2021 Cognizant of the economic difficulties faced by rural villages due to the restrictions during the pandemic, Sarvodaya Development Finance (SDF), the financial services arm of one of Sri Lanka’s oldest social movements, the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, plans to launch the ‘Smart Village App’ to enable better connectivity and strengthen […]

September 30, 2021

1min0
29th September 2021 Sarvodaya Development Finance further strengthened its leadership ranks with the appointment of high net-worth investor on Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) S.N. Senthilverl as a non-executive, non-independent Director, to the Board of Directors. Being an extremely active investor at the CSE, Senthilverl who has earned his MBA from University of Southern Queensland Australia, […]

July 27, 2020

5min0
Sri Lanka’s SME sector, whilst being too big to fail can easily be overlooked by larger strategically important corporations during a crisis. ACCA Member and Chairman of Sarvodaya Development Finance, Channa de Silva recommends that small businesses, banks and the state need to change strategy to survive the economic fallout of Covid-19. Access to bank […]

July 24, 2020

10min0
Sarvodaya Development Finance, a licensed Finance Company approved by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, launched “Nena Diriya” Micro Leasing Loan with the aim of uplifting the education of children in suburban and rural parts of Sri Lanka by providing them access to purchase laptops at concessionary rates. The launch ceremony, attended by Sarvodaya Development […]

July 1, 2020
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Sarvodaya Development Finance (SDF), the financial services arm of the Sarvodaya Movement, sailed through the turbulent 2019-20 financial year to report a record profit growth. The finance company, which funds the charitable and social development activities of the Sarvodaya Movement across rural Sri Lanka, recorded one of its best years of financial performance against one […]


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