Fintech Association of Sri Lanka
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| Founded | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| Focus | Fintech |
| Location | |
Area served | Sri Lanka and wider Asia (by collaborations) |
Key people | Rajkumar Kanagasingam, President Suranga Mendis, Vice President Rifas Raseek, General Secretary |
| Website | www.srilankafintech.org |
FinTech Association of Sri Lanka (FASL) is an independent,
FinTech community to support the development, innovation and investment in the FinTech sector.[1][2][3][4][5]
FASL is closely collaborating with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on fintech-related issues; and a number of fintech events related to FASL were represented by CBSL.[6][7][8][9]
History
Establishing ‘Fintech Association of Sri Lanka’ was initiated at the ‘Fintech Meetup’ of the ‘Asia-Pacific Executives Forum’ which was held at
Governance
FASL is governed by an
general secretary and other committee members. The executive committee is advised by an advisory board consisting of industry experts.[12]
Collaborations
- FASL is an MoU-signed partner of the Fintech Associations in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.[13][14][15] and ASEAN Financial Innovation Network.[13][16]
- FASL was a community partner, supporter institution or regional co-organiser for various fintech summits in the region including Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Mumbai, Dubai, Colombo including Singapore FinTech Festival, Hong Kong FinTech Week and Asia Smart App Awards.[13][14][17][18][19]
- FASL partnered a fintech seminar, hosted by
- FASL organised regular Fintech workshops (based on
- FASL organised ‘Lithuanian fintech meetup’ in Colombo in collaboration with the Lithuanian Embassy in New Delhi and HatchX, a fintech accelerator in Sri Lanka.[26]
- FASL has launched an initiative to draft a report titled, ‘Enhancing Colombo International Financial City (Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as the chief consultant.[27]
See also
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)
References
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- ^ "Sri Lanka:CBSL to Introduce Fintech Regulatory Framework". Regulation Asia. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "【Global Partnership】Fintech Association of Japan concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with FinTech Association of Sri Lanka". Fintech Association of Japan. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "University of Hong Kong and Standard Chartered Bank launch HKU-SCF FinTech Academy". Daily FT. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "FinTech Association of Sri Lanka". Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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- ^ "Promoting fintech". Daily FT. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "FASL and SFA sign MOU in Singapore". Daily FT. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "'Chain Plus: Asia-Pacific Blockchain New Finance Summit' held in Singapore". Daily FT. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Fintech Meetup of Asia-Pacific Executives Forum held at Hilton Colombo". Daily FT. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Fintech Meetup of the Asia-Pacific Executives Forum held". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "FASL". Fintech Association of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Channa De Silva appointed adviser to FASL". Daily FT. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Jeevan Gnanam appointed adviser to FASL". Daily FT. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "FASL and FTAHK signs MOU in Hong Kong". Daily FT. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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- ^ "Hong Kong Fintech Week to begin on November 4". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 17 October 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Dr. Mohamed Irshad appointed as coordinator of FASL and FinTech courses". Daily FT. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "HKU host seminar on STO and RET". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Real Estate Tokenization - Challenges and Opportunities in Hong Kong". University of Hong Kong. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) via PressReader. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "FASL conducts 'Professional Certificate in Fintech and Blockchain'". Daily FT. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "FASL completes fourth batch of 'Introduction to Fintech'". Daily FT. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Lithuanian fintech meetup in Colombo". Daily FT. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Colombo Int'l Financial City as top fintech hub - FASL". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.