March 26, 2025
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25 March 2025: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka hosted its prestigious annual awards ceremony, themed ‘Hall of Fame: Celebrating Excellence,’ at the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo on March 22, 2025. The event recognised and celebrated the exceptional performance of its employees in 2024, with a total of 119 individual awards and 5 team awards presented across 46 […]

March 14, 2025
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Fitch Ratings – Colombo – 14 March 2025: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka’s (SCBSL) National Long-Term Rating at ‘AAA(lka)’. The Outlook is Stable. Key Rating Drivers Robust Parental Support: SCBSL’s National Long-Term Rating is supported by Fitch’s expectation of a high likelihood of support from the head office, Standard Chartered Bank […]

March 12, 2025
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11th March 2025: Standard Chartered Bank hosted its Annual Global Research Briefing in Sri Lanka on March 11, 2025, at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. The briefing, themed ‘Reverberations,’ brought together the Bank’s Global Research team to share insights on the economic outlook for global markets and Sri Lanka for the first half of 2025. […]

March 7, 2025
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07th March 2025: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka hosted Jerry Zhang, Global Co-Head of Financial Institutions (FI) Coverage along with Prashant Shah, Regional Head of Financial Intuitions on a three-day visit to the country recently. The visit included high-level engagements with key stakeholders in Sri Lanka’s financial sector. During her stay, Jerry held key meetings with […]

March 3, 2025
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03rd March 2025: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka successfully hosted its Priority clients to the annual highly anticipated Priority Golf Championship 2025, at the picturesque Victoria Golf & Country Resort in Digana recently. The exclusive two-day event brought together over 70 of the bank’s valued Priority clients. They were treated to an exceptional experience that began […]

February 13, 2025
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12 February 2025: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has appointed Chamath Athulathmudali as Financial Controller, effective 1 February 2025. In his new role, Chamath will join the Sri Lanka Country Management Team and oversee the Bank’s Finance function, while implementing robust performance management and reporting frameworks for the franchise A seasoned finance professional with over 19 […]

January 21, 2025
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21 January 2025: Standard Chartered is continuing the commitment to Sri Lanka’s economic development as Platinum Sponsor of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit, marking its eighth consecutive year of partnership with The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The Summit, scheduled for January 28th and 29th at the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo, focuses on ‘Shaping Sri Lanka’s Future: […]

November 28, 2024
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27 November 2024: With the intention of empowering disadvantaged young women in the country, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has launched the next iteration of Goal, the Goal Accelerator, a three-year employability project, dubbed ‘Sashreeka’ in collaboration with SERVE, the local implementing partner and Women Win, a global multi-dimensional women’s fund.     Funded by a […]

November 8, 2024
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07 November 2024: Standard Chartered is the Official Banking Partner for the prestigious event, Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) 2024, the country’s most impressive celebration of creativity, design, and innovation. Organised by the Academy of Design (AOD), one of Sri Lanka’s leading design education institutes, the SLDF 2004 under the theme ‘Innovation Island’, is taking […]

November 5, 2024
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Bank receives Great Place to Work® certification, and is ranked among the 50 Best Workplaces and 15 Best Workplaces for Women in Sri Lanka 05 November 2024: Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has secured the prestigious Great Place to Work® (GPTW) certification for the sixth consecutive year. The outstanding achievement reinforces the Bank’s commitment to building […]


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