Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announce a list of businessmen who are not authorized to take money deposits from general public. CBSL has only authorized 32 finance companies, 23 commercial banks and 14 specialized banks to run financial businesses. Please visit http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/images/press.jpg for the full list of authorized financial institutions. You can also download the official Central Bank notices on illegal business from http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/pics_n_docs/latest_news/notices%20_to_public_20080925e.pdf.
