📉 HSBC exits Retail Banking in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 after 130+ years

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⭕️ HSBC announced that it will sell its entire retail banking business in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 (accounts, credit cards, retail loans) to a local bank, Nations Trust Bank.

⭕️ HSBC will retain its corporate and institutional banking operations in Sri Lanka.

⭕️ In May 2023, HSBC said it was reviewing possible exits from up to 12 countries - roughly one in five of its markets - in order to sharpen its focus on Asia.

⭕️ The bank recently exited or scaled down operations in 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇫🇷 France (Retail), 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇰🇷 South Korea, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇲🇻 Maldives, 🇳🇿 New Zealand, 🇴🇲 Oman, 🇬🇷 Greece etc.

⭕️ The bank is simplifying its global operations and reducing overhead by exiting complex, lower-return markets. It is reallocating resources to selective high-growth markets in Asia 🌏, where it sees greater scale and stronger long-term growth potential.

#SriLanka 🇱🇰 #Banking #HSBC #Asia #Finance #EmergingMarkets

26 Sep 2025, 05:20

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Worse local bank
1 year
HSBC is a brand known internationally after 25 years of being with HSBC not comfortable being thrown at NTB🥴
1 year
📉 HSBC exits Retail Banking in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 after 130+ years Numbers.lk nice caption 🤣🤣🤣
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What happens to the credit card owners now?
1 year
1. Chamod Kavishka local banking operations will be handed over to nation trust bank mostly you can continue with them Or they will issue a new one
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Very Sad
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Harshana Rajakaruna FYI
1 year
In 2023, HSBC left British Colombia, Canada and handed over the accounts and operations to RBC. So not only developing economies, but also some developed countries/ states are undergoing the same..
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1. Shihara Rodrigo Canada is developed country? are you joking?
  1 year
2. Jafran Ahamed ChatGPT says Yes...
  1 year
3. Shihara Rodrigo ChatGPT is not a proper source
  1 year
4. Jafran Ahamed GDP Per Capita and Literacy Level is at the Developed level. So no arguments
  1 year
5. Shihara RodrigoGDP per capita is not even close to $75000 dollars. You call it developed country? dude are you drunk?
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