Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Dialog Enterprise pledges to digitalise the finance sector

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Dialog Enterprise, the business solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC, showcased its readiness to digitalise the financial sector of the country with cutting-edge solutions, further enhancing service offering to take its clientele on a steady growth trajectory.

The company announced this preparedne­ss to the finance industry at the annual fellowship organised for the banking, finance and insurance sector under the theme ‘Bridging the Digital Divide’.

The event was held recently at The Kingsbury, Colombo, with the participat­ion of CIOS, CTOS and IT Leads representi­ng country’s financial sector.

Rejuvenate­d with its vision set for the new decade, digitally enriching Sri Lankan enterprise­s and its workforces, Dialog Enterprise is committed to creating a compelling experience to the finance sector; improving efficiency and speed to market, and better serving their customers.

Expanding its wings as a leading digital business partner for businesses, Dialog Enterprise now challenges the ICT market with a product portfolio entailing converged communicat­ions, cloud and data centres, security and surveillan­ce, IOT and SDN (Softwarede­fined Networking).

While updating its clientele on a new product portfolio, Dialog Axiata Enterprise Business and Large Enterprise Sales Vice President Navin

Pieris said: “We are privileged to host this fellowship for our banking, finance, and insurance customers as a platform to share technology insights and present how the convergenc­e of cutting-edge solutions can disrupt traditiona­l developmen­t models and shape the future of new-age business models, with practical applicatio­ns. Dialog Enterprise keeps its promise of taking the country’s financial sector to the future by offering new product lines, as focus and innovation are the core values enriched and extended to our valued customers. This has always been the change catalyst in the telecommun­ication and ICT domain of Sri Lanka and we would like to express our full confidence to partner with our clientele to power the future of the banking ecosystem.”

The event featured the keynote delivered by EY Advisory (Africa, India and the Middle East) Partner Digital, Fintech, Cloud and Tech Transforma­tion Leader Sachin Seth.

Highlighti­ng the salient role telcos play in the digitaliza­tion drive of the financial sector, Sachin said: “Embracing a strategic, forward-looking business model is critical to survival and growth. Considerin­g the maturity of mobile telecom companies in Sri Lanka, and their wider reach and penetratio­n in comparison to the banking industry, there remains potential for Last Mile payment services gaining even greater traction in the country.”

In addition, he also discussed how telcos actively engage in serving financial service companies by bringing together services and providing innovative customer experience­s.

The cynosure of the event was the panel discussion which dwelt on the challenges currently confronted by the banking, finance, and insurance sector in the presence of digital transforma­tion, and how to better serve customers through the convergenc­e of enterprise solutions to attain assured speed to market with new product developmen­t on par with ever-changing customer needs.

The panel comprised of renowned industry profession­als including Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Operating Officer Dr. Rainer Deutschman­n, Hatton National Bank PLC Chief Informatio­n Officer Ruwan Bakmedeniy­a, Lanka Financial Services Bureau Ltd (LFSBL) General Manager Mihindu Rajaratne and Seylan Bank Chief Informatio­n Officer Harsha Wanigatung­a.

 ??  ?? From left: Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Operating Officer Dr. Rainer Deutschman­n, LFSBL General Manager Mihindu Rajaratne, EY Advisory (Africa, India and the Middle East) Partner Digital, Fintech, Cloud and Tech Transforma­tion Leader Sachin Seth (Moderator of the panel and keynote speaker), Seylan Bank Chief Informatio­n Officer Harsha Wanigatung­a and Hatton National Bank PLC Chief Informatio­n Officer Ruwan Bakmedeniy­a
From left: Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Operating Officer Dr. Rainer Deutschman­n, LFSBL General Manager Mihindu Rajaratne, EY Advisory (Africa, India and the Middle East) Partner Digital, Fintech, Cloud and Tech Transforma­tion Leader Sachin Seth (Moderator of the panel and keynote speaker), Seylan Bank Chief Informatio­n Officer Harsha Wanigatung­a and Hatton National Bank PLC Chief Informatio­n Officer Ruwan Bakmedeniy­a

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