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# Intelligence: E-commerce & Cross-Border Retail in Sri Lanka

## Industry Context

- **Payment pressure:** High transaction volume, low individual values; Multi-marketplace multi-currency

- **Operational control:** High-volume payment processing; Multi-currency marketplace accounts

## Country Context

- **Use case:** Pay Sri Lankan suppliers for tea, textiles, rubber, gems, spices

- **Settlement:** T+0 (2.3s avg within Unicorn network)

- **Banking:** **SWIFT + Account or CEFTS** (SWIFT/BIC or CEFTS branch code and account)

- **Regulatory:** Central Bank of Sri Lanka FX regulations; Sri Lanka Customs documentation

## Key Industries in Country

- Tea

- Textiles

- Rubber

- Gems & Jewelry

- Spices