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Krishani
Oct 30 2026
47Held under the theme ‘Building Capacity, Creating Opportunities and Scaling Sri Lanka’s Digital Future,’ the flagship event is a landmark step toward positioning Sri Lanka as an emerging FinTech and digital economy hub within Asia.
The festival aims to gather leaders from FinTech, banking, NBFI, technology and investment sectors with policymakers, regulators, international networks and regional partners, alongside entrepreneurs, SMEs and tourism-sector stakeholders.
Sri Lanka already has significant digital financial services infrastructure in place, including national payment rails and real-time account-to-account transfers. The festival will bring these capabilities into the spotlight, providing a national platform to showcase, connect, and advance the ecosystem, attracting international collaboration and investment, and open doors for broader market access.
Over two days, the festival will combine high-level networking with in-depth industry discussion. Proceedings open on 2nd November with the exclusive invitation-only CEOs Night, gathering senior stakeholders including Banking/NBFI and FinTech CEOs, FinTech Forum board and advisory council, distinguished speakers, high-level Central Bank and government officials and sponsors.
It will be followed on 3rd November with the main event, the Sri Lanka FinTech Expo conference, which will operate as a full-day ticketed program featuring exhibition floors, keynotes, and panel sessions. The festival will conclude with FinTech Night, a networking reception hosting the FinTech Awards 2026, recognizing those driving Sri Lanka’s FinTech ecosystem forward.
The program will center on four core conversations such as the Future of FinTech, Building Unicorns and Monetization, Sustainable and Inclusive FinTech, Cyber Security and Fraud Prevention. Sessions will cover topics including national digital-finance policy, regulation and sandboxes, cross-border payments and remittances, digital assets and tokenization, AI in finance, digital public infrastructure, digital ID, financial inclusion, and solutions for SMEs and tourism payments.
The festival is supported by Title sponsor Visa, Platinum Sponsor Novus Technologies, Gold Sponsor BPC, and Silver Sponsors Commercial Bank, Dialog Finance PLC, FIS, Fusion X Global FZC powered by LOLC Technologies and Mastercard with LankaPay as the Fintech Start-up Pavillion Sponsor. The festival’s Official Print Media Partner is Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.
