📈 Visa Conclave 2026 Focuses on Cybersecurity & Collaboration to Drive Sri Lanka’s Digital Payments Growth

Visa successfully hosted the Visa Sri Lanka Cybersecurity Conclave 2026 on June 25, 2026. The event brought together banking executives, government officials, regulators, and industry bodies to address the evolving cyber threat landscape and enhance resilience across the national digital economy. Key Highlights & Developments: • National Priority: Government and regulatory leaders emphasized that securing the banking & financial services sector is a critical enabler of trust as Sri Lanka advances its national digital transformation and technology-enabled commerce. • Evolving Risk Landscape: Discussions focused on the rising sophistication of cyberattacks, highlighting how AI-enabled threats are creating complex challenges for financial institutions, businesses, and regulators. • Strategic Focus Areas: Panelists from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Digital Economy, the Cyber Command and Information Warfare Centre, and Commercial Bank of Ceylon stressed the need for proactive threat intelligence, real-time response, robust regulatory frameworks, and capacity building. • Advanced Fraud Prevention: Visa showcased its cyber advisory capabilities and data-driven fraud prevention solutions, introducing Featurespace to help local organizations detect and prevent financial crime using behavioral analytics. • Collective Resilience: The conclave reinforced that safeguarding the digital commerce ecosystem is a shared responsibility, requiring sustained investment, public-private collaboration, and information sharing across the ecosystem to ensure an inclusive digital economy.