GovPay Hits Rs. 2 Billion in Digital Transactions for 2025! 📈

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Sri Lanka's digital payment platform, GovPay, has achieved a significant milestone, concluding 2025 with over Rs. 2 billion in total digital transaction value. • Rapid Growth: Doubled collections from Rs. 1 billion to Rs. 2 billion in just 45 days, showcasing rapid adoption and trust. • Scale: Processed over 69,000 digital transactions for 3,372 Government services across 215 institutions since its launch on 7 February 2025. • Key Initiative: The Online Traffic Fine Payment System, launched on 10 April 2025, facilitated over 50,000 payments, generating more than Rs. 66 million. Nationwide rollout for traffic fines is set for January 2026. • Expanded Reach: Now covers all local authorities in the Northern Province and all Divisional Secretariats in the Southern Province, aiming for national digitization by 2026. • Top Contributors: Institutions like Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka Police, Department of Technical Education and Training, and the education sector generally showed strong adoption. • Disaster Relief: Facilitated nearly Rs. 14 million in digital donations to the Rebuild Sri Lanka Disaster Relief Fund since 30 November 2025, including from overseas Sri Lankans. This achievement, driven by the Ministry of Digital Economy and ICTA in collaboration with LankaPay, reinforces Sri Lanka's vision of a $15 billion digital economy by 2030.

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