CRIB becomes Corporate Partner of Bar Association of Sri Lanka

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BASL President Rajeev Amarasuriya (fifth from left) and CRIB General Manager Pushpika Jayasundera exchanging the respective MOUs

The Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka (CRIB) has become the first Corporate Partner of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) for 2026, marking the launch of BASL’s newly introduced Corporate Partner Scheme.

The partnership was formalised by signing a Memorandum of Understanding at the BASL Secretariat. The event was attended by BASL President Rajeev Amarasuriya, BASL Treasurer Pasindu Silva, CRIB Director/General Manager Pushpike Jayasundera, CRIB Deputy General Manager Janaka Lakmal, and CRIB Manager – Legal Saumya Wijesinghe, together with other office bearers and officials.

BASL represents over 26,000 legal professionals across 93 regional branches, providing a strong platform to engage legal practitioners nationwide. Through this initiative, CRIB and BASL will conduct in-person awareness programmes and webinars focusing on credit information systems, CRIB’s services, and the Secured Transactions Registry (STR), in line with CRIB’s national campaign “We Care for Your Credit Health.”

Speaking at the event, President BASL Rajeev Amarasuriya stated that the Corporate Partner Scheme reflects BASL’s commitment to reach out to different sectors and collaborate in areas of mutual benefit to the respective organisations.

CRIB General Manager Pushpike Jayasundera noted that CRIB sees this as an important opportunity to enhance understanding in the legal sector of credit information and secured transactions.

The inclusion of CRIB as BASL’s first Corporate Partner underscores BASL’s efforts to support a more informed and future-ready legal profession.