Banks & Finance · Finance/Rental/Leasing
| Year | Revenue | Net profit | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rs 11.5B | Rs 1.7B | 0.81 |
| 2025 | Rs 8.0B | Rs 764.5M | 0.43 |
| 2024 | Rs 7.1B | Rs 621.0M | 0.36 |
| 2023 | Rs 5.4B | Rs -468.4M | -0.27 |
| 2022 | Rs 4.9B | Rs 515.6M | 0.29 |
| 2021 | Rs 3.5B | Rs -123.6M | -0.07 |
| 2020 | Rs 5.3B | Rs 420.5M | 0.24 |
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HNB Finance PLC is a diversified Non-Bank Financial Institution in Sri Lanka that provides a range of credit and deposit products, including micro-finance facilities, finance leases, vehicle loans, mortgage loans, gold loans, other credit facilities, acceptance of fixed deposits, maintenance of savings accounts and value-added services to the finance sector. The Company has been repositioning toward secured and asset-backed lending and has expanded capabilities in leasing and land and housing finance following the amalgamation with Prime Finance PLC; it operates through a network of 76 branches and offers customers access to over 850 ATMs island-wide through its association with Hatton National Bank PLC. HNBF is also advancing digital channels (mobile and internet banking), implementing a next-generation core banking system and investing in digital resilience and cybersecurity. HNBF maintains a customer-focused approach with ongoing microfinance and financial literacy initiatives aimed at financial inclusion, while embedding environmental, social and governance considerations into its lending and operational practices.
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3 articles in 30 days: 0 positive, 0 negative, 3 neutral.
HNB Finance PLC appointed Supun Dias and Sivarajah Nandakumar as Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors. Both appointees are long-serving Executive Vice Presidents at Hatton National Bank with over 34 years of service.
HNB Finance PLC attracted Rs.4.572 billion in subscriptions for its Rs.2.5 billion rights issue (including additional-share applications) prior to cheque realisation.
Rights issue · 2:9 at Rs 5.50 · XD Jun 2, 2026
Fitch says Sri Lanka's central bank tighter capital rules for gold-backed loans (10% risk weight for LTV<70% from 1 Sep) will be manageable for banks but hit finance companies harder; Asia Asset Finance, L B Finance, UB Finance, HNB Finance and MBSL face the largest capital impacts.
Fitch says Sri Lanka’s new risk weights for gold loans (10% for <70% LTV; 40% for 70–100% LTV; 100% for >100% LTV) will raise average risk density to ~12% for banks and ~26% for finance firms and could cut finance companies’ Tier‑1 ratios by ~1pp to a little over 5pp, with Asia Asset Finance most affected.
Fitch says the CBCSL directive raising risk weights on gold-backed loans will raise average risk density to ~12% for rated banks and ~26% for finance companies, cutting banks' CET1 by ~2–35bp and finance companies' Tier‑1 by about 1pp–>5pp. Asia Asset Finance, L B Finance, UB Finance, HNB Finance and MBSL are singled out as most affected.
Rights issue · 2:9 at Rs 5.50 · XD Jun 2, 2026
Prime Lands sold its 23.29% stake in HNB Finance PLC (400 million shares) for Rs. 3.5 billion at Rs. 8.80 per share, with Phantom Investments taking a 5.82% stake. Hatton National Bank holds a 51% stake in HNB Finance and the Phantom purchase is Rayynor Silva’s first entry into a listed finance company.
Regulatory tightening dominated banks/finance as Cabinet named the SEC to regulate virtual asset service providers within a CBSL/FIU/IRD framework and approved a 2026-2030 national AML policy. The FIU flagged long-running trade-based money laundering via phantom imports, after probes found about $715m in fraudulent remittances. CBSL kept LTV caps on vehicle and gold loans. Services PMI signaled June expansion led by financial services.
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