Native name தமிழீழ வைப்பகம் Area served Worldwide Headquarters Jaffna | Type Public Number of employees 100 employees Founded 1994 | |
Industry Banking, Financial services Owner Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||
The Bank of Tamil Eelam was founded in Jaffna in 1994 by the Sri Lankan separatist organization LTTE , but was relocated in 1995, to Kilinochchi after the Sri Lankan army retook the peninsula. The Bank of Tamil Eelam had six branch offices and employed around 100 employees. The Bank of Tamil Eelam was suspended on January 2, 2009, following the capture of Kilinochchi which had been the administrative capital of self-proclaimed Tamil Eelam.
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Bank of Tamil Eelam Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA