Fitch upgrades Bank of Ceylon’s VR and Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘cc’/’CC’

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Fitch upgrades Bank of Ceylon’s VR and Foreign-Currency IDR to ‘cc’/’CC’

The Bank of Ceylon’s (BOC) Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) has been updated to ‘CC’ from ‘RD’ (Restricted Default).

https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Fitch-upgrades-Bank-of-Ceylon-s-VR-and-Foreign-Currency-IDR-to-cc-CC/44-745149

Daily FT

2023-02-16

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