Founded in 1955, DFCC Bank is one of the oldest development banks in Asia. A unique institution; private sector in form but more like a public-private partnership in outlook, DFCC Bank was set up under an act of Parliament, to give rise to the post independent industrial growth through private sector participation. Setting off to accomplish its mandate in unchartered territory, against a tapestry of changing political and economic scenarios, DFCC has for over half a century played an innovative and catalytic role in the development of the private sector with special support from the government which continues to date. DFCC’s role has not been confined to providing long term loans alone but one that has extended to capacity building and business facilitation.