Southeast Asian nation’s lenders are trying to look beyond pandemic in search of growth.

Sri Lanka is adding higher skilled sectors to its traditional offerings of tourism and tea. 

Banks in Sri Lanka are facing a triple threat that goes beyond the coronavirus pandemic.

The new governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka talks to The Banker about how he will bring his academic experience to the role. 

Maldives central bank governor Ali Hashim is overseeing the modernisation of banking law and technology, with plans to adopt open APIs and attract foreign investors.

Building a financial system that better serves the new manufacturing economy requires an open, fair, transparent and predictable market environment. Chinese experts Liu Mingkang and Li Wei consider the challenges.

The Maldives Stock Exchange may be small by international standards, but it has big ambitions to expand the country’s capital markets and boost innovation in the process.  

The Maldives has embraced technology to modernise its banking system and serve its citizens, but coronavirus now threatens its crucial tourist sector. 

A look at how development banks in Asia are adapting their plans to support their clients through the coronavirus crisis.