NDB Bank

The National Development Bank PLC (commonly referred to as NDB Bank) is a Sri Lankan banking and financial services institution, headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Having begun operations as a state-owned development finance institution in 1979. In January 1979, the predecessor of National Development Bank PLC (“NDB” or “Bank”) was set up by the National Development Bank of Sri Lanka Act No 2 of 1979 as “National Development Bank of Sri Lanka”, as a wholly state-owned institution. Following a change of ownership structure in 1993, NDB was privatized and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Key Information

NDB Head Office in Colombo as seen across Beira Lake
Company type	Public
Traded as	CSE: NDB.N0000
ISIN	LK0207N00007
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Headquarters	Colombo , Sri Lanka
Number of locations	113 branches (82 ATMs)
Key people	Sriyan Cooray (Chairman) Kelum Edirisinghe (CEO)
Revenue	LKR134.473 billion (2023)
Operating income	LKR25.987 billion (2023)
Net income	LKR5.858 billion (2023)
Total assets	LKR786.959 billion (2023)
Total equity	LKR74.471 billion (2023)
Owners	Standard Chartered Bank Mauritius S/A Norfund (9.99%) Employees' Provident Fund (9.50%) Bank of Ceylon No. 1 Account (7.95%)
Number of employees	2,756 (2023)
Website	www.ndbbank.com
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As a part of its long-term plans in 2001, NDB incorporated a commercial bank under the Companies Act No. 2 of 1982 under the name “NDB Bank Limited” (“NBL”) to take over the business and operations of ABN Amro NV Colombo Branch ("ABN Amro"). On 29 July 2005, NDB acquired the business and operations of NBL (NDB Bank Limited) and converted from a Licensed Specialed Bank to a Licensed Commercial Bank.^[2]

The bank won the 2021 Best Retail Bank Sri Lanka award.^[3] NDB Bank has been recognised as the “Most Awarded Corporate 2021” as per 'Most Awarded' ranking by the LMD magazine.

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