President Meets Japanese Prime Minister
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his regret to the Japanese Government for ...
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HNB Records 6.9 billion PAT in First Quarter of 2023
Following a turbulent year marred by the country facing its most profound economic crisis post-independence, Hatton National Bank made a ...
Paypal’s Q1 Crypto Holdings grew 30% QoQ to Stand at Nearly $1 Billion
May 16, 2023. Edith Muthoni. PayPal has long been a pioneer when it comes to embracing new technologies. After jumping ...
NSB Integrated Annual Report 2022 Presented to the President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Dr Harsha Cabral, the new Chairman of NSB, and President’s Counsel; and Ajith Pieris, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer ...
US Content Creator Companies Raised $4B in Total Funding, 60% more than Asian and European Companies Combined
May 16, 2023 Jastra Kranjec. With more and more investors willing to cash in on companies working in the creator ...
Walt Disney Spent $7.2bn on Advertising in 2022, $24.5bn in last 5 years
Justinas Baltrusaitis May 18, 2023 In the ever-evolving entertainment industry landscape, the Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has long been ...
People’s Bank reports consolidated profit after tax of 4.6 billion
People’s Bank announced the results for its March 31, 2023 quarter reporting total consolidated operating income and pre-tax profit amounting ...
Pan Asia Bank Records Steady Performance of Profit After Tax soars by 50 percent
Pan Asia Banking Corporation reflected a positive performance amidst a multitude of adversities emerging from challenging macro-economic conditions as the ...
Today, Sri Lanka has Embarked on the Path of Renaissance
Let’s move the country forward together. April 26, 2023 In a special statement delivered to Parliament President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced ...
WEF: What Next for Monetary Policy?
A dramatic period of surging inflation led to the sharpest tightening of monetary policy in decades. Is a radical rethink ...
Business Today TOP 40 2021-2022
It’s the 25th anniversary year of Business Today Awards. The Business Today TOP 40 companies were recognized for their resilience ...
NBA now allows Players to use Cannabis, removing Random Drug Testing for THC
April 3, 2023 Rachel Abela. The NBA made headlines when it was announced that the association would eliminate its ban ...
Samsung shipped 1.38 billion Smartphones in five years, 30% more than Apple
April 2, 2023 Jastra Kranjec. The world’s two largest smartphone producers, Apple and Samsung, have been battling for their share ...
Shopify, OnlyFans, and BitCloud Three Top-Grossing Creator Economy Companies in 2022 with $8.7B in Combined Revenues
March 27, 2023 Jastra Kranjec. Over the past years, the creator or influencer economy has boomed, enabling individual creators, influencers, ...
Top investing apps register 100 million downloads milestone
Mar 28, 2023 Justinas Baltrusaitis The rise of investment apps has been one of the biggest trends in the financial ...
Three Crypto Firms land on the World’s Top 10 leading Fintech Unicorns list
March 30, 2023. Justinas Baltrusaitis. The fintech industry has been growing rapidly, with innovative technologies changing how financial transitions are ...
Milinda Moragoda, Sri Lanka High Commissioner as Guest at the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting in India
India assumed the G20 Presidency in December 2022 and will host the next G20 Summit to be held in September ...
President Inspects Locally Fabricated Combat All-Terrain Vehicles to Counter Illegal Activities along Coastal areas
The Sri Lanka Navy Marine Corps presented three special Combat All-Terrain Vehicles (CATVs) to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential ...
China to Boost Investment Opportunities in Sri Lanka
Chairman of the CZK Huarui International Economy and Trade Development (Beijing) and The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors ...
Pathfinder Foundation Proposes a Medium and Long-term Strategy for the Economic Transformation of Sri Lanka with Indo-Japanese Collaboration
The Official Launch of the Report on “A Medium and Long-term Strategy for Indo-Japanese Collaboration to Support the Economic Transformation ...
Total Number of Content Creators jumped to over 200M in 2022, 53% make less than $100 a year
April 2, 2023, Jastra Kranjec. Over the years, the creator or influencer economy has skyrocketed, enabling individual creators, influencers, podcasters, ...
Is the World in a Debt Spiral?
From the World Economic Forum comes concerns about rising interest rates, the strengthening of the US dollar, weaker global growth, ...
World Economic Forum: Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
The complexities of democratic capitalism, while stimulating prosperity and political and economic freedom, have exposed the dichotomous relationship of a ...
ESQR Award Received by People’s Leasing Presented to the President
Pradeep Amirthanayagam, Chairman of People’s Leasing & Finance presenting the ESQR award to President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the presence of ...
Over 50% of digital payments could be conducted through secure closed-loop transactions by 2030
March 3, 2023. Elizabeth Kerr Digital payments have become an integral part of our daily lives. In the last few ...
Mobile Phones made 59% of total web traffic last year, almost 10% more than in 2021
March 5, 2023. Jastra Kranjec. Mobile internet traffic has almost doubled in the last eight years, with close to two-thirds ...
Cybercrime the biggest risk to businesses in 2023, ahead of supply issues and inflation
March 8, 2023. Jastra Kranjec. For years, cybercrime has been one of the biggest risks to businesses, compromising sensitive data ...
Five surprising countries that produce the best weed in the world
Discover the countries that, surprisingly, have some of the best weed in the world. March 8, 2023. Melissa Jaramillo. When ...
Digital banking app downloads surged 54% in 2022 exceeding 26 million
March 14, 2023. Justinas Baltrusaitis. In recent years, digital banks have rapidly emerged as disruptive players in the financial industry, ...
People’s Leasing closes the Third Quarter of the Financial Year 2022/23 on a commendable note
With a notable quarterly profit of 959 million rupees for the third quarter of the financial year 2022/23, People’s Leasing ...
