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 The Central Bank of Sri Lanka ( CBSL; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA), it is a ...

. Bankers' Training Institute was reincorporated in 1979 as Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka under the provisions of Parliament Act no 26 of 1979. 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. 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).

Notable alumni

Visna Fernando Paththage Visna Kaumini Fernando ( si, පත්තගේ විස්නා කවිමිනි ප්‍රනාන්දු) (born on 18 June 1991) is a Sri Lankan beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Sri Lanka 2015 and ...

- beauty pageant contestant * P. Amarasinghe - former CBSL governor * Kamal Abeysinghe - banker and social activist *

Ranee Jayamaha Ranee Jayamaha also spelt as Rani Jayamaha (born 27 May 1949) is a Sri Lankan economist, author and banker. She served as the chairperson of Hatton National Bank from 2011 to 2015. In addition, she is currently an advisor to the President of Sri L ...

- banker, economist and author

References

{{Economy of Sri Lanka Banking institutes Banking in Sri Lanka Professional associations based in Sri Lanka 1965 establishments in Ceylon