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CBSL settles little less than USD 200Mn of SLDB arrases during February 2023

Bank & FinanceMar 22, 2023
CBSL settles little less than USD 200Mn of SLDB arrases during February 2023

CBSL settled USD 190Mn worth of SLDB arrases in February 2023, where it was USD 401Mn in August last year and now it is USD 147Mn. Further, the outstanding SLDBs have reduced almost by half (March 2022 - USD 1.6Bn, End of Feb 2023 - USD 868Mn.

The majority of the SLDB holders were local banks.

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