The Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka
TypeBankers training institute
Established1964
Location
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
CampusColombo Head Office
AffiliationsCentral Bank of Sri Lanka
Websitewww.ibsl.lk

Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka, also abbreviated as IBSL, is a professional apex body of the banking education in Sri Lanka. It is one of the prominent institutes which carryout banking courses for the students and it is closely associated with Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The institute was formally established as Bankers' Training Institute in 1964 by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Bankers' Training Institute was reincorporated in 1979 as Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka under the provisions of Parliament Act no 26 of 1979.[1]

The institute is managed by governing board of 12 high ranking banking sector professionals including 2 members from CBSL. The purpose of the institute is to provide education in Banking and Finance for banking and non-banking personnel.[2] The chairman of IBSL is the Deputy Governor of the CBSL. IBSL provides membership of the institute in five categories including Honorary Fellows, Fellows (life), Associate (life) Members, Associate Members and Student Members (Active).[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL) commences its New Lecture Cycle in October 2019". Times Online - Daily Online Edition of The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. ^ "Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka: Your child's dream-maker". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. ^ "IBSL". Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  4. ^ "IBSL 13th annual convocation | Sundayobserver.lk". archives.sundayobserver.lk. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  5. ^ "IBSL annual convocation 2008". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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