Consolidating its position as a digital financial services provider, People’s Bank set the benchmark for digital financial services in Sri Lanka at the recently concluded National IT Conference 2018 (NITC 2018).
Organized by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL),NITC 2018 was held for the 36th time on October 2-4, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, with the participation of the crème de la crème of the country’s ICT sector.
One of the largest ICT events to be held in the country,NITC 2018 was inaugurated by President Maithripala Sirisena, with over 500 IT professionals from diverse fields of specialization attending the event.
NITC is a premier platform for knowledge sharing among ICT professionals in Sri Lanka, and acts as a channel to transfer international and new knowledge into the country.
The event, which also had Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment, Harin Fernando as the guest of honor, enables discussion and sharing of ICT experiences and challenges, which contributes towards enrichment of the national ICT knowledge base.
Representing the Sri Lankan financial sector’s march towards digitalization, Peoples’ Bank, the trusted bank of the people of Sri Lanka, took on the mantle of ‘gold sponsor’ of this pivotal national event. As a state-owned bank, Peoples’ Bank has been on the vanguard of facilitating digital-financial services penetration into the rural hinterlands of the country and has recorded unmatched levels of success in supporting the nation’s evolution into a digital society